Home › Words › U › uncopeuncopeuncope means to remove the coping from (a wall).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, uncope ranks #33,264 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom un- + cope.verbTo remove the coping from (a wall).e.g.“The wind had beaten them [tree branches] about on the crest of this wall, until it had finished by uncoping the stones, loosening the mortar, and making breaches in the masonry […]” — 1851, Alphonse de Lamartine, The Stonecutter of St. Point: A Village Tale, page 13:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).