coping stone
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The man had been outside the 14-story residence at 311 East 50th Street when he was struck by a coping stone that had been removed to anchor the suspended scaffold, a Fire Department official said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2019
Kaa had only just worked his way over the west wall, landing with a wrench that dislodged a coping stone into the ditch.
From The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard
We see his eager little face, with the long hair blown back from it, just above the coping stone surrounding the garden inclosure which the Holy Family occupy.
From Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)
The notion that the colonel need be a better man than the private is as confused as the notion that the keystone need be stronger than the coping stone.
From Maxims for Revolutionists by Shaw, Bernard
Come to your friend's help, and put the coping stone to all you have done for him; do not let him fall a victim to your care!
From Emile by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
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