coppice

[ kop-is ]
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noun

Origin of coppice

1
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 coup1) + -īcium-ice

Other words from coppice

  • coppiced, adjective

Words Nearby coppice

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How to use coppice in a sentence

  • There, amidst the trees of the coppice, like a picture framed round by green leaves, stood Ketira the gipsy.

  • Pulling her red cloak about her shoulders, she went swiftly through the gate, and disappeared within the opposite coppice.

  • The other two sides were still open to the hazel coppice that here encroached upon the Abbey.

    Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie
  • A little further on another, and then yet another were bagged: it was a well-stocked coppice, and had not been shot yet.

    Dr. Jolliffe's Boys | Lewis Hough
  • Some patches of ancient coppice at the base of the barish hills behind, give it even a smiling aspect.

British Dictionary definitions for coppice

coppice

/ (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

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

  2. (intr) to form a coppice

Origin of coppice

1
C14: from Old French copeiz, from couper to cut

Derived forms of coppice

  • coppiced, adjective
  • coppicing, noun

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