the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of covering with copper.
n. An envelope or covering of copper.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of covering or sheathing with copper, as the bottom of a ship.
n. The sheathing itself: as, the coppering of a ship's bottom.
n. In gambling, the act of wagering that a certain card will lose.
Word Usage
"The police service has always been diverse and always will be-what is different now is that there is money in it!!! on January 8, 2009 at 3: 01 pm | Reply Retired Sgt and I forgot to add that far more time and money is spent on diversity than will ever spent on good coppering-just to echo IG on January 8, 2009 at 3: 02 pm | Reply Joseph K. 24/7 Apologies happily accepted."