n. [ AS. cops, cosp, fetter. ] The connecting crook of a harrow. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Contr. from coppice. ] A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice. [ 1913 Webster ]
Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. Brushwood; coppice. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Characterized by copses. “Copsy villages.” “Copsy banks.” J. Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]