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Definition of coping noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

coping

noun
 
/ˈkəʊpɪŋ/
 
/ˈkəʊpɪŋ/
(architecture)
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  1. the top row, usually curved or sloping, of a stone or brick wall
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCoping is used before these nouns:
    • mechanism
    • skill
    • strategy
    • …
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from the verb cope ‘ to cover with a coping’, originally meaning ‘dress in a cope’, hence ‘to cover’.
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