copland

noun — 2 senses

copland

noun

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

1

Obsolete 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.1622, Michael Drayton, A Chorographicall Description of All the Tracts, Rivers, Mountains, Forests, and other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britain, page 64:

copland

noun

Etymology From cop (“police officer”) + land.

1

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.2007, Randy Jurgensen, Robert Cea, Circle of Six: The True Story of New York's Most Notorious Cop Killer and the Cop who Risked Everything to Catch Him.:
Last he'd heard, Aoki was in line for a jump to Homicide, the Holy Grail in copland.2010, C.B. Forrest, Slow Recoil:

1 more example

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.2012, James Patterson, Kill Alex Cross, page 462:

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