copple

See also: Copple

English

Etymology

cop +‎ -le, diminutive.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɒpəl

Noun

copple (plural copples)

  1. Something rising in a conical shape; a hill rising to a point.
    • Hakluyt
      A low cape, and upon it a copple not very high.
  2. (obsolete) A crest on a bird's head.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for copple in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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