coping

Mane

Noun

1. The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.
2. The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.
3. Clipping the beak or talons of a bird.

Verb

present participle and gerund of cope

Etîmolojî

From cope (sense 2), used in the sense "dress in a cope," "to cover."