Cap'stone` noun (Paleon.) A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus ; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/22
(from cope, Latin capa), consists of the capping or covering of a wall. A splayed or wedge coping slopes in a single direction; a saddle coping slopes to either side of a central high point. Found on http://www.translationdirectory.com/glossaries/glossary336.php