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Willows are coppiced — cut regularly to within an inch or two of the base to flush fresh growth — or pollarded, with cuts made higher up on the trunk or branches.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Ennos spares no effort to understand how they were made: “We investigated the force and energy needed to split coppiced hazel rods down the middle in my Instron Universal Testing Machine.”

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2021

Old, coppiced plane trees create a thick green roof over faded red umbrellas and pastel metal tables.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2016

Swilling involves tearing thin strips from a trunk of boiled coppiced oak, then weaving them round larger strips, known as "spelks", which form the ribs of the basket.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2014

Shafts and axle-trees of carriages are made of the larger shoots; oars and hoops are supplied from these coppiced trees.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen