Here's what some Americans think it means. From ARTFL Project, Webster's 1913 Unabridged at http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html Zope (?), n. [G.] (Zo�l.) A European fresh-water bream (Abramis ballerus). for completeness: Bream (?), n. [OE. breme, brem, F. br\'88me, OF. bresme, of German origin; cf. OHG. brahsema, brahsina, OLG. bressemo, G. brassen. Cf. Brasse.] 1. (Zo�l) A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known. Cyp"ri*noid (s?p"r?-noid), a. [Gr. a kind of carp + -oid.] (Zo�l.) Like the carp (Cyprinus). -- n. One of the Cyprinidae, or Carp family, as the goldfish, barbel, etc. On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, Pierre-Julien Grizel wrote:
Paul, can you give us the actual meaning of "Zope" in Britain ?