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coping stones

coping stones is the plural of coping stone.

Meaning of coping stone

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

Questions about coping stones

What is coping stones the plural of?
Coping stones is the plural of coping stone.

Words near coping stones in the dictionary

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

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