coping
noun B2- The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.
- The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.
- The process of clipping the beak or talons of a bird.
Plural copings
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Kaa had only just worked his way over the west wall, landing with a wrench that dislodged a coping stone into the ditch.
Researchers discovered that when individuals feel stripped of their privacy, they tend to withdraw socially as a defensive coping mechanism.
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