1) to cope or coup, to chop or exchange, used by the coasters of Norfolk and Suffolk, and also Yorkshire ; probably from the Low Dutch word,
2) to cover ; to cope a wall, to cover the top of it, generally with stone, called a copeing. N. and S.
·vi To exchange or barter. II. Cope ·noun A covering for the head. III. Cope ·vt To pare the beak ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An old English word for cape. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A narrow chisel adapted for cutting a groove. ...
to go cross a field the nearest way, to meet with something. S. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose