† coppledadj.
Obsolete.
1. Crested, furnished with a crest or tuft.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > crested or crowned
copped1398
coppled1600
cristate1661
copple-crowned1699
cristated1727
crested1796
crowned1796
coppy1891
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxii. 123 The rough footed or coppild [pigeons] are too mournfull.
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi viii. §1. 370 A Saw-fish, having an hard copled head with teeth like a saw.
2. Rising conically to a summit or point.
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the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > at the top
copped1460
mitreda1547
coppled1600
coped1611
fastigiated1647
cop-crowned1650
copped-crowned1650
copple-crowned1699
fastigiatea1705
tenting1818
tectiform1834
pedimented1875
pedimental1890
1600 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 606 Without this Cape about a league there is a little coppled rocke.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. i. xxv. So School-boyes do aspire With coppell'd hat to quelme the Bee.
a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) ii. (Catal.) 68 Some [Echini] being flatter on the top, others more coppled.
1813 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 9 Nov. Again the coppled hills Shall greet the beamy sun.
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