What is "coppel"

Cupel \Cu"pel\ (k[=u]"p[e^]l), n. [LL. cupella cup (cf. L. cupella, small cask, dim. of cupa) : cf. F. coupelle. See Cup, and cf. Coblet.] A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime). [Written also coppel.]

Cupel dust, powder used in purifying metals.

n. (obsolete spelling of cupel English) vb. (obsolete spelling of cupel English)

Coppel or Coppell may refer to:

• Alec Coppel (1907–1972), Australian-born author
• Alfred Coppel (1921–2004), American author
• Charles Coppel (born 1937), Australian political scientist and former barrister
• Óscar Levín Coppel (born 1948), Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party
• Jérôme Coppel (born 1986), French road racing cyclist
• Juan José Suárez Coppel, Mexican manager