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 Definitions for Coping: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
: Cope \Cope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coped (k[=o]pt); p. pr. & vb.
n. Coping.] [OE. copen, coupen, to buy, bargain, prob. from
D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See Cheap.]
1. To exchange or barter. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
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Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man
As e'er my conversation coped withal. --Shak.
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3. To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle;
to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms
or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed
by with.
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Host coped with host, dire was the din of war.
--Philips.
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Their generals have not been able to cope with the
troops of Athens. --Addison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
: Coping \Cop"ing\, n. [See Cope, n.] (Arch.)
The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often
with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called
capping. --Gwill.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
: coping
n : brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn: header,
cope]
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