cope

¹cope

noun \ˈkōp\

Definition of COPE

1

: a long enveloping ecclesiastical vestment

2

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

Examples of COPE

1. <committed their nefarious deeds under the dark cope of night>

Origin of COPE

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

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to COPE

Synonyms: blanket, cloak, cover, covering, coverture, cover-up, curtain, hood, mantle, mask, pall, penumbra, robe, shroud, veil, wraps

Related Words: blind, concealer, screen, shield; fig leaf, Potemkin village, Trojan horse; camouflage, disguise, facade (also façade), face, mask, veneer; gloss, varnish

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Other Building Terms

batten, cistern, hearth, lath, transom, wainscot

Rhymes with COPE

coup, dope, grope, hope, lope, mope, nope, ope, pope, rope, scop, scope, slope, soap, stope, taupe, tope, trope