[f. COP v.1 + -ING.]
† 1. A top-knot or curl of hair; called dial. a topping. Obs.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, II. 464/2. Women wear Hair in a Copping, or fore-lock, when a Lock is laid from the foretop to the Crown of the head, as little Children that have long hair are usually dressed.
2. ‘A fence. North’ (Halliw.). Cf. COP sb.2 6.
