Meaning of coping stone | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A capstone.
   figuratively, literally
2. One of the stones or slabs that form the outer edge of a railway station platform, next to the track.

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“Other station works include⟳ platform extensions to 240 metres, track renewals (which had been completed on three of the four running lines at Kettering by early September) and work⟳ on the platform surfaces, such as realignment of coping stones.”

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