From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coppice
n 1: a dense growth of bushes [syn: {brush}, {brushwood},
{coppice}, {copse}, {thicket}]
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