copestone

[ kohp-stohn ]

/ ˈkoʊpˌstoʊn /

the top stone of a building or other structure.

a stone used for or in coping.

the crown or completion; finishing touch.

Origin of copestone

First recorded in 1560–70; cope² + stone

The horrid shrieks of the Chouette served to place the copestone on the fury of the Schoolmaster.

The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 |Eugne Sue
Abruptly he swung his feet down from the copestone to the floor of the veranda.

The Magnificent Ambersons |Booth Tarkington
The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago.

Moby Dick; or The Whale |Herman Melville
The justices and councilors of a supreme court, the copestone of the judiciary, were nominated by the same body.

The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte |William Milligan Sloane

The copestone which Absalom put on his plot when all was ripe for execution was of a piece with the whole undertaking.

The Expositor's Bible: The Second Book of Samuel |W. G. Blaikie

copestone

/ (ˈkəʊpˌstəʊn) /

Also called: coping stone a stone used to form a coping

Also called: capstone the stone at the top of a building, wall, etc