Coppice

3 definitions found

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) 2.0 [wn]:

  coppice
       n : a dense growth of bushes [syn: {brush}, {brushwood}, {copse},
            {thicket}]