capingn.
See cape v.1, cape v.2, and coping n.5
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ˈcaping n.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > course
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1595 J. Davis Seamans Secrets i. sig. G2v The ship..may make her way 2. or 3. pointes from her caping.
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a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xi. 489 Some of our grandees get much by their caping.
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