coping
/kˈoʊpɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.70 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local color) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust […]"
- "He stood a moment at the coping, looking over a land of hard little bungalows with abnormally large porches, and new apartment-houses, small, but brave with variegated brick walls and terra-cotta trimmings."