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coping stone

coping stone noun: a capstone.

Noun

coping stone (plural coping stones)

  1. (figuratively, literally) A capstone.
  2. One of the stones or slabs that form the outer edge of a railway station platform, next to the track.
    • Other station works include platform extensions to 240 metres, track renewals (which had been completed on three of the four running lines at Kettering by early September) and work on the platform surfaces, such as realignment of coping stones.2019 October, Philip Sherratt, “Midland Main Line upgrade presses on”, in Modern Railways, page 60

Forms of coping stone

pluralcoping stones

Questions about coping stone

What does coping stone mean?
Coping stone means a capstone.
What part of speech is coping stone?
Coping stone is a noun.
What is the plural of coping stone?
The plural of coping stone is coping stones.

Words near coping stone in the dictionary

  1. coping
  2. coping mechanism
  3. coping mechanisms
  4. coping saw
  5. coping saws
  6. coping stone
  7. coping stones
  8. coping strategies
  9. coping strategy
  10. coping with
  11. coping-stone

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