copple-crown

English

Noun

copple-crown (plural copple-crowns)

A crested or high-topped crown, head or peak.
- 1638, Thomas Randolph, Amyntas:
  Like the copple-crown the lapwing has.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, A Panegyric Of The Dean:
  the flowery downs,
  With spiral tops and copple crowns

Related terms

copple-crowned

References

“copple-crown”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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