kop

¹ American  

[kop] / kɒp /

noun

1. a hill.

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kop. ² American  

abbreviation

1. kopeck.

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kop British  

/ kɒp /

noun

1. a prominent isolated hill or mountain in southern Africa See inselberg

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Etymology

Origin of kop

1825–35; < Afrikaans: literally, head, hence high or top part. See cop ³

Example Sentences

I ordered my brother, Piet de Wet, with fifty men of the Bethlehem commando, to remain behind and guard the kop.

From Three Years' War by De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf

We had to leave some of them behind with the horses at the foot of the kop, and there were others who remained at the first safe position they reached—a frequent occurrence at that period.

From Three Years' War by De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf

After breakfast we climbed the kop; and when we had made our observation we followed after the laager.

From Three Years' War by De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf

There were not many dead or wounded to be seen; but burghers who had been stationed on the high kop previously mentioned had seen the English remove their wounded during the engagement.

From Three Years' War by De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf

They had pleasant remembrance of the hours spent beneath its shade, so different from that of the kop, which but gave them shadow when the sun had either not reached, or passed meridian.

From The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne