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coppice
[ kop-is ]
coppice
/ ˈkɒpɪs /
noun
- 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
- tr to trim back (trees or bushes) to form a coppice
- intr to form a coppice
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Derived Forms
- ˈcoppicing, noun
- ˈcoppiced, adjective
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Other Words From
- coppiced adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coppice1
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Example Sentences
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.
A little further on another, and then yet another were bagged: it was a well-stocked coppice, and had not been shot yet.
Some patches of ancient coppice at the base of the barish hills behind, give it even a smiling aspect.
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