noun
coppice
Coppice (noun) means a small wood or group of young trees that is cut back regularly so it can be used for timber or fuel.
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A small wood or group of young trees that is cut back regularly so it can be used for timber or fuel.
"It was also enacted that all coppices or underwoods should be enclosed for periods from four to seven years after felling."
— H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry (1957)
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Etymology
It comes from Middle English copies, from Old French copeiz ("a cut-over forest"), from presumed Vulgar Latin *colpaticium ("having the quality of being cut"), from *colpāre ("to cut, strike"), from *colpus ("a blow"), from Latin colaphus ("a cuff, box on the ear"), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, "a blow, slap").
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What is the meaning of coppice?
"coppice" (noun) means a small wood or group of young trees that is cut back regularly so it can be used for timber or fuel.
What is another word for coppice?
Other words for "coppice" include brush, copse, thicket, brushwood.
