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coping.

The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.

    countable · uncountable
  3. The process of clipping the beak or talons of a bird.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From cope + -ing. The sense referring to a brick wall is cope (sense 2), used in the sense "dress in a cope," "to cover."

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of cope

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

From cope + -ing. The sense referring to a brick wall is cope (sense 2), used in the sense "dress in a cope," "to cover."

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