Coppicing

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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.]