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Definition of Cappings
1. capping [n] - See also: capping
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cappings
Literary usage of Cappings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by William Henry Sleeman (1844)
"BASALTIC cappings OF THE SANDSTONE HILLS OF CENTRAL INDIA SUSPENSION BRIDGE ...
The cappings everywhere repose immediately upon the sand-stone of the ..."
2. An Elementary Course of Civil Engineering for the Use of Cadets of the by Junius Brutus Wheeler (1876)
"cappings.—When the heads of the arch form a part of the exterior of a structure,
as when they are the faces of a wall or the outer portions of a bridge, ..."
3. Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising by United States Attorney-General (1856)
"The intention was to finish this pier by cappings of very large stones. ...
The pier not being in forwardness to receive the cappings, these stones were ..."
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