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Coppice

Coppice Meaning & Definition
Coppice Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Coppice?

[n] a dense growth of bushes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Coppice: brush | brushwood | copse | thicket

Related Terms | Find terms related to Coppice:

See Also | brake | canebrake | flora | spinney | underbrush | undergrowth | underwood | vegetation

Coppice In Webster's Dictionary

\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}. The rate of coppice lands will fall, upon the discovery of coal mines. --Locke.
\Cop"pice\ (k[o^]p"p[i^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coppiced} (-p[i^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coppicing}.] (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.

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