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In some senses, kop is marked as British, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
kop
/kɒp/
noun 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
dead, flat
VERB + KOP
taken, took
KOP + NOUN
prisoners, rope-cable
PREP.
on, with
Definitions
noun
1
A terrace at a football ground, originally for standing spectators, though all-seater stadia have been mandatory for larger UK clubs since 1994.
noun
1
A hill or mountain.
[…] a zigzag line of Lee-Enfield flashes, and a charge which took the kop at a cost of ten casualties. The victors held the key to the Ladysmith lock.
Within three hours, we took the kop. The dead and wounded were everywhere. The Boers had taken the kop, collected their prisoners and had suffered very few casualties. However, they did not have the strength to hold the prisoners […]
noun
1
Rare spelling of cop (“dome, in armor”).
The solerets are wide-toed, […]; the wings of the elbow and knee-kops small. The inner bends of the elbow joints are furnished with a pliable protection of numerous very narrow plates.
1. Elbow Kop with rope-cable border. 2. Part of left Pauldron (shoulder piece) with similar border.
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[…] a zigzag line of Lee-Enfield flashes, and a charge which took the kop at a cost of ten casualties. The victors held the key to the Ladysmith lock.
Wiktionary02
Within three hours, we took the kop. The dead and wounded were everywhere. The Boers had taken the kop, collected their prisoners and had suffered very few casualties. However, they did not have the s
Wiktionary03
A party of burghers, under Commandant Nel, of Kroonstad, were ordered to station themselves on a kop with a flat top, called Swartbooiskop, an hour and a half to the south of Nicholson's Nek.
Wiktionary04
The solerets are wide-toed, […]; the wings of the elbow and knee-kops small. The inner bends of the elbow joints are furnished with a pliable protection of numerous very narrow plates.
Wiktionary05
1. Elbow Kop with rope-cable border. 2. Part of left Pauldron (shoulder piece) with similar border.
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