copple-crown

English

Noun

copple-crown (plural copple-crowns)

1. 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.