uncope

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verb

To remove the coping from (a wall).

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Meanings

verbuncope (third-person singular simple present uncopes, present participle uncoping, simple past and past participle uncoped)

present singular third person uncopes · participle present uncoping · participle past uncoped · past uncoped

  1. transitiveTo 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

Origin

From un- + cope.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pounce
Cite this entry
APA

uncope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncope

MLA

“uncope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncope. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncope,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncope.

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