coppice
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coppice (ˈkɒpɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a thicket or dense growth of small trees or bushes, esp one regularly trimmed back to stumps so that a continual supply of small poles and firewood is obtained |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to trim back (trees or bushes) to form a coppice |
| 3. | (intr) to form a coppice |
| [C14: from Old French copeiz, from couper to cut] | |
| 'coppiced | |
| —adj | |
| 'coppicing | |
| —n | |
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Coppice
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Word Origin & History
coppice
1530s, "small thicket of trees grown for cutting," from O.Fr. copeiz, coupeiz "a cut-over forest," from L.L. *colpaticium "having been cut," ult. from L. colaphus, from Gk. kolaphos "blow, cuff" (see coup).
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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coppice
a dense grove of small trees or shrubs that have grown from suckers or sprouts rather than from seed. A coppice usually results from human woodcutting activity and may be maintained by continually cutting new growth as it reaches usable size
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Example sentences
The aspen cover type is maintained through coppice cutting at rotation age to regenerate the type.
Coppice working almost died out, though a few men continued in the woods.
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