coppice
1 of 2noun
cop·pice ˈkä-pəs 
1
: copse
2
: forest originating mainly from shoots or root suckers rather than seed
an oak coppice
coppice
2 of 2verb
coppiced; coppicing
transitive verb
: to cut back so as to regrow in the form of a coppice
intransitive verb
: to form a coppice
specifically, of a tree : to sprout freely from the base
Synonyms
Noun
- boscage
- boskage
- bosk
- bosque
- bosquet
- brake
- brushwood
- chaparral
- copse
- covert
- thicket
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Example Sentences
Noun the deer bounded off into the coppice
Recent Examples on the Web
Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021 Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows. Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020 Likewise green peas, which require space, time, and handsome hazel branches from one’s own woodland coppice in order to yield more than a handful. Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2020
Noun
The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021 Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows. Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020 Likewise green peas, which require space, time, and handsome hazel branches from one’s own woodland coppice in order to yield more than a handful. Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2020 Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English copies cutover area overgrown with brush, from Middle French copeis, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *colpaticium, from *colpare to cut, from Late Latin colpus blow — more at cope entry 1
First Known Use
Noun
1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1538, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Kids Definition
coppice
noun
cop·pice ˈkä-pəs
: a group of small trees growing very close together
coppice
noun
as in copse
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush the deer bounded off into the coppice Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- copse
- forest
- grove
- brushwood
- thicket
- wood
- bosquet
- chaparral
- bush
- woodland
- brake
- bosque
- bosk
- boskage
- jungle
- hedge
- tangle
- canebrake
- boscage
- covert
- bramble
- woodlot
- scrub
- brush
- scrubland
- greenwood
- stand
- wildwood