coppice
Origin of coppice
1Other 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.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series | Mrs. Henry WoodPulling her red cloak about her shoulders, she went swiftly through the gate, and disappeared within the opposite coppice.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series | Mrs. Henry WoodThe other two sides were still open to the hazel coppice that here encroached upon the Abbey.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieA 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 HoughSome patches of ancient coppice at the base of the barish hills behind, give it even a smiling aspect.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for coppice
/ (ˈkɒpɪs) /
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
(tr) to trim back (trees or bushes) to form a coppice
(intr) to form a coppice
Origin of coppice
1Derived forms of coppice
- coppiced, adjective
- coppicing, noun
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