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cope

(n): brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

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6 months ago VanishedOne said:

WordNet favours the architectural sense: what I know as a coping stone.

about 1 year ago icco said:

COPE is an acronym for Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience. Yay boyscouts!

about 1 year ago azd said:

As in "a long enveloping ecclesiastical garment" or "something resembling a cope (as by covering or concealing).

about 1 year ago brtom said:

So numberless were those bad Angels seen
Hovering on wing under the Cope of Hell ...
Milton, Paradise Lost, I

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