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–noun

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME copies < MF copeis, OF copeiz < VL *colpātīcium cutover area, equiv. to *colpāt(us) ptp. of *colpāre to cut (see coup¹) + -īcium -ice

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coppiced, adjective

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n. A thicket or grove of small trees or shrubs, especially one maintained by periodic cutting or pruning to encourage suckering, as in the cultivation of cinnamon trees for their bark.

[Old French copeiz; see copse.]

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coppice
noun
a dense growth of bushes [syn: brush]

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Coppice

Cop"pice\ (k[o^]p"p[i^]s), n. [OF. copeiz, fr. coper, couper, to cut, F. couper, fr. cop, coup, colp, a blow, F. coup, L. colaphus, fr. Gr. ko`lafos. Cf. Copse, and cf. Coup['e], 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.

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Coppice

Copse\, n. [Contr. from coppice.] A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice.

Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. --Goldsmith.

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