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copse
[ kops ]
noun
- a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of copse1
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Example Sentences
Back down along the Orontes, very early the day before, my friend dropped me off on a dirt track by a copse of trees.
I suspect the Anglo-Saxon bearo, a grove or copse, is the word here preserved.
The piece of common was soon passed; and then a copse-wood, filled with brakes and briars, had to be passed through.
On their arrival they found that the herd were feeding at a considerable distance from the copse, which was perhaps as well.
In a moment more he perceived his own dog, Smoker, come bounding out of a neighbouring copse, followed by Humphrey and Pablo.
Not far off, alongside a birch copse, ran a road planted with willows: the country seemed familiar to me.
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