| Definitions | coppice
noun
- A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.
- Quotations
- 1957: It was also enacted that all coppices or underwoods should be enclosed for periods of from four to seven years after felling. — H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 216.
Translations: - French: taillis , boqueteau
- Italian: bosco ceduo
verb (coppic, ing)
- To manage a wooded area sustainably, as a coppice.
- Her plan to the woods should see her self sufficient in fuel indefinitely.
Etymology: From coupeiz "a cut-over forest," from presumed colpaticium "having the quality of being cut," from - colpare "to cut, strike," from colpus "a blow", from colapus, from colaphus "a cuff, box on the ear," from kolaphos "a blow, slap."
- In 1578, the contracted form copse arose, meaning "small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting"
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