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crown-piece, ˈcrownpiece
1. (crown-piece.) = crown n. 8 b; in modern use applied to the large silver coin of the value of five shillings.
1648Venice Looking-glass 10 He drew out an halfe crown peece. 1710Steele Tatler No. 245 ⁋2 A Crown-Piece with the Breeches. 1773Wesley Jrnl. 14 May, Holes larger than a crown-piece. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. iv, Such a trifling loan as a crown piece.
2. (ˈcrownpiece.) A piece that forms the crown or top of anything.
1794W. Felton Carriages (1801) II. 137 The Head Stale or Crownpiece is a Strap..on the top of the horse's head. |