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copland

noun
/ˈkɒp.lənd/

Etymology

Perhaps from obsolete cop (“summit, hilltop”) + land.

  1. derived from *lendʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *landą✻
  3. inherited from *land✻
  4. inherited from land
  5. inherited from lond
  6. compounded as copland — “cop + land”

Definitions

  1. A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle.

    • For th'surface of a soyle, a Copland, Copland cry , Till to your shouts the Hills with Ecchoes all reply.

  2. The world of police officers and police activity.

    • When that thirteen alarm sounded, everything in copland stopped, all focus was on the radio for the coordinates.
    • Last he'd heard, Aoki was in line for a jump to Homicide, the Holy Grail in copland.
    • The other had a face that Rodney Glass would never forget. Not since they'd been nose to nose in that interview room in copland.

  3. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for copland. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA