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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COPPERING

COPPERING Cop "per *ing, n.

 

1. The act of covering with copper.

 

2. An envelope or covering of copper.

 

Oxford Dictionary

coppering

cop ¦per |ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. informal the work of a police officer: he doesn't do his coppering by the book.