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