Coppice

/ˈkɒpɪs/ · noun

Meaning

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..

Definitions by Sense

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.
2. (transitive) To manage (a wooded area) sustainably, as a coppice, by periodically cutting back woody plants to promote new growth.
3. (intransitive) To sprout from the stump.

Example Sentences

[…]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,[…]

It was also enacted that all coppices or underwoods should be enclosed for periods from four to seven years after felling.

At the time of the Norman Conquest, any village with woodland had one or more coppices of about 80 acres. […] Coppice trees are periodically cut to a level just above the ground. […] Hazel forms most English coppices, but there are also coppices of alder, oak, wych elm and willow.

Her plan to coppice the woods should keep her self-sufficient in fuel indefinitely.

Few conifer species can coppice.

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• coppices
• coppis
• coppicing
• coppiced

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