Main Entry:

¹cope

Pronunciation:

\ˈkōp\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English, from Old English -cāp, from Late Latin cappa head covering

Date:

13th century

1: a long enveloping ecclesiastical vestment2 a: something resembling a cope (as by concealing or covering) <the dark sky's starry cope — P. B. Shelley> b: coping