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
The coping stone had been set on the edifice of the Bremen Cotton Market.
From Bremen Cotton Exchange 1872/1922 by Uhte, Ch. F. C.
Then, I went down on to the roof, and crossed over to the gap from which the coping stone had fallen.
From The House on the Borderland by Hodgson, William Hope
Here one singeth: Nicolete, the fair of face, Climbed upon the coping stone, There made she lament and moan Calling on our Lord alone For his mercy and his grace.
From Aucassin and Nicolete by Lang, Andrew
Benevolence was, indeed, the master virtue, the crown, the coping stone, of all virtues.
From The Empire of the East by Montgomery, H. B. (Helen Barrett)
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