coppice

[ kop-is ]

noun

1. copse.

coppice

/ ˈkɒpɪs /

noun

1. a thicket or dense growth of small trees or bushes, esp one regularly trimmed back to stumps so that a continual supply of small poles and firewood is obtained

verb

1. tr to trim back (trees or bushes) to form a coppice
2. intr to form a coppice

Derived Forms

• ˈcoppicing, noun
• ˈcoppiced, adjective

Other Words From

• coppiced adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of coppice¹

1375–1425; late Middle English copies < Middle French copeis, Old French copeiz < Vulgar Latin *colpātīcium cutover area, equivalent to *colpāt ( us ) past participle of *colpāre to cut ( coup ¹ ) + -īcium -ice

Word History and Origins

Origin of coppice¹

C14: from Old French copeiz, from couper to cut

Example Sentences

There, amidst the trees of the coppice, like a picture framed round by green leaves, stood Ketira the gipsy.

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Pulling her red cloak about her shoulders, she went swiftly through the gate, and disappeared within the opposite coppice.

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The other two sides were still open to the hazel coppice that here encroached upon the Abbey.

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A little further on another, and then yet another were bagged: it was a well-stocked coppice, and had not been shot yet.

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Some patches of ancient coppice at the base of the barish hills behind, give it even a smiling aspect.

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