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Webster 1913 Edition


Coppice

Cop′pice

(kŏp′pĭs)
,
Noun.
[OF.
copeiz
, fr.
coper
,
couper
, to cut, F.
couper
, fr.
cop
,
coup
,
colp
, a blow, F.
coup
, L.
colaphus
, fr. Gr.
κόλαφος
. Cf.
Copse
, and cf.
Coupé
,
Coupee
.]
A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See
Copse
.
The rate of
coppice
lands will fall, upon the discovery of coal mines.
Locke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Coppice

COPPICE

, COPSE,
Noun.
A wood of small growth, or consisting of underwood or brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel.
The rate of coppice lands will fall on the discovery of coal-mines.

Definition 2024


coppice

coppice

English

A recently coppiced alder.

Noun

coppice (plural coppices)

  1. 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.
    • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict:
      [] belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards, []
    • 1957, Schubert, H.R. History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p216:
      It was also enacted that all coppices or underwoods should be enclosed for periods from four to seven years after felling.

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Verb

coppice (third-person singular simple present coppices, present participle coppicing, simple past and past participle coppiced)

  1. To manage a wooded area sustainably, as a coppice, by periodically cutting back woody plants to promote new growth.
    Her plan to coppice the woods should keep her self-sufficient in fuel indefinitely.

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References

  • coppice” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001). [see also its linking entry coup]