Coppice

Definition of Coppice

Cop´pice   Pronunciation: kǒp´pĭs
n.1.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.
v. t.1.(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.
[imp. & p. p. Coppiced (kǒp"pĭst); p. pr. & vb. n. Coppicing (kǒp"pĭ*sĭng).]

Related Words

brake, brush, brushwood, canebrake, copse, flora, spinney, thicket, underbrush, undergrowth, underwood, vegetation
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