(or the Kop for short) a colloquial name or term for a number of single-tier terraces and stands at sports stadiums, particularly in the United Kingdom.

Alternative form of Keystone Cop [(informal) A bungling, incompetent policeman.]

Famous steep stand at Anfield.

a military engagement between British forces and two Boer Republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, during the campaign by the British to relieve the besieged city Ladysmith during the initial months of the Second Boer War.