copse

[ kops ]

noun

1. a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.

copse

/ kɒps /

noun

1. See coppice
   another word for coppice

Word History and Origins

Origin of copse¹

First recorded in 1570–80; alteration of coppice

Word History and Origins

Origin of copse¹

C16: by shortening from coppice

Example Sentences

These dumps and contaminated sites are scattered across the area in pine copses and beneath the grass.

From Popular-Science

Christopher Lloyd, who created a repository of outsized characters, strides across the stage under a copse of soaring spruce.

From Washington Post

Back down along the Orontes, very early the day before, my friend dropped me off on a dirt track by a copse of trees.

From The Daily Beast

I suspect the Anglo-Saxon bearo, a grove or copse, is the word here preserved.

From Project Gutenberg

The piece of common was soon passed; and then a copse-wood, filled with brakes and briars, had to be passed through.

From Project Gutenberg

On their arrival they found that the herd were feeding at a considerable distance from the copse, which was perhaps as well.

From Project Gutenberg

In a moment more he perceived his own dog, Smoker, come bounding out of a neighbouring copse, followed by Humphrey and Pablo.

From Project Gutenberg

Not far off, alongside a birch copse, ran a road planted with willows: the country seemed familiar to me.

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