coppice

American  

[kop-is] / ˈkɒp ɪs /

noun

1. copse.

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coppice British  

/ ˈkɒpɪs /

noun

1. a thicket or dense growth of small trees or bushes, esp one regularly trimmed back to stumps so that a continual supply of small poles and firewood is obtained

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verb

1. (tr) to trim back (trees or bushes) to form a coppice

2. (intr) to form a coppice

Other Word Forms

• coppicing
  noun
• coppiced
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of coppice

1375–1425; late Middle English copies < Middle French copeis, Old French copeiz < Vulgar Latin *colpātīcium cutover area, equivalent to *colpāt ( us ) past participle of *colpāre to cut ( see coup ¹) + -īcium -ice

Example Sentences

John Nisbet. xxxi:1 This promise Charles afterwards failed to keep as, in 1672, he merely renewed the lease of the pastures for 99 years. lxvii:1 Coppices.

From Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees by Nisbet, John

Coppices of slender columns of thistled globes sprang up to meet the festooned joists.

From The Metal Monster by Merritt, Abraham