† ˈcoppled, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 7 copled, coppild, -elled.
[f. copple + -ed.]
1. Crested, furnished with a crest or tuft.
| 1600 Surflet Countrie Farme i. xxii. 123 The rough footed or coppild [pigeons] are too mournful. 1635 Swan Spec. M. viii. §1 (1643) 363 A Saw-fish, having an hard copled head with teeth like a saw. |
2. Rising conically to a summit or point.
| 1600 Hakluyt Voy. III. 606 (R.) Without this cape about a league there is a little coppled rocke. 1647 H. More Song of Soul i. i. xxv. So School-boyes do aspire With coppell'd hat to quelme the Bee. 1728 Woodward Fossils (J.), Some being flatter on the top, others more coppled. |