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Meanings of coping stone in English

Catalan
cavalló

A stone that forms the top of wall or building.

        cavalló
        Usage of coping stone in English
        1
        Constitutional law is the coping stone of the US federal edifice.
        The Irish Times
        2
        And now the coping stone was set on the temple {Aug.
        A History of the Moravian Church
        3
        Every coping stone and pillar cost some mariner of the Tarifa Straits a pot of money.
        Marse Henry (Volume 2) / An Autobiography
        4
        Then, I went down on to the roof, and crossed over to the gap from which the coping stone had fallen.
        The House on the Borderland
        5
        It was now complete and the coping stone to it was an interview I had with a doctor in Harley Street.
        And Then There Were None
        6
        Kaa had only just worked his way over the west wall, landing with a wrench that dislodged a coping stone into the ditch.
        The Jungle Book
        7
        To make a man reasonable is the coping stone of a good education, and yet you profess to train a child through his reason!
        Emile
        8
        There were hedges with stones on end at the top-copingstones, Jamie called them-andhedges with luxurious, flower-dappled turf tops.
        Water, stone, heart
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        Translations for coping stone
        Catalan
        cavalló