Obs. [f. COPE v.1 5 + -ING2.] Over-arching; of an arched or vaulted form; sloping laterally like the coping of a wall.

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1601.  Holland, Pliny, II. 506. The coping and vauted roofe of the furnace.

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1750.  G. Hughes, Barbadoes, 4. Another argument is the coping figure of the island.

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