uncope en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + cope.
Meanings
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(transitive) To remove the coping from (a wall).
The wind had beaten them [tree branches] about on the crest of this wall, until it had finished by uncoping the stones, loosening the mortar, and making breaches in the masonry […]
1851, Alphonse de Lamartine, The Stonecutter of St. Point: A Village Tale, page 13:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| uncoping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| uncopes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| uncoped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| uncoped | Tense=Past | lexicographic |