Cope

kōp, n. a covering: a cap or hood: anything spread overhead: a coping: an ecclesiastical vestment worn over the alb or surplice in proce ions, at solemn lauds and vespers, but not by the celebrant at ma , semicircular, without sleeves and with a hood, fastened acro the breast with a clasp or morse, the straight edge usually ornamented with a broad orphrey.— v.t. to cover with a cope.— ns. Cope′-stone , Cop′ing-stone , the stone which copes or tops a wall; Cop′ing , the covering course of masonry of a wall. [From root of Cap .]