Coppice \Cop"pice\ (k[o^]p"p[i^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Coppiced (k[o^]p"p[i^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. Coppicing
(k[o^]p"p[i^]*s[i^]ng).] (Forestry)
To cause to grow in the form of a coppice; to cut back (as
young timber) so as to produce shoots from stools or roots.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Coppice \Cop"pice\ (k[o^]p"p[i^]s), n. [OF. copeiz, fr. coper,
couper, to cut, F. couper, fr. cop, coup, colp, a blow, F.
coup, L. colaphus, fr. Gr. ko`lafos. Cf. Copse, and cf.
Coup['e], Coupee.]
A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut
at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse.
[1913 Webster]
The rate of coppice lands will fall, upon the discovery
of coal mines. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
coppice
n : a dense growth of bushes [syn: brush, brushwood, copse,
thicket]
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