coppice
21coppice — cop|pice [ kapıs ] verb transitive to cut trees regularly to ground level in order to make them grow quickly …
22coppice — cop·pice || kÉ’pɪs n. grove; copse, thicket of bushes or small trees …
23coppice — noun an area of woodland in which the trees or shrubs are periodically cut back to ground level to stimulate growth and provide wood. verb cut back (a tree or shrub) in this way. Origin ME: from OFr. copeiz, based on med. L. colpus (see cope1);… …
24coppice — cop·pice …
25coppice — cop•pice [[t]ˈkɒp ɪs[/t]] n. copse • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME copies < MF copeis, OF copeiz < VL *colpātīcium cutover area =*colpāt(us), ptp. of *colpāre to cut (see coup) + īcium ice cop′piced, adj …
26coppice — /ˈkɒpəs / (say kopuhs) noun Also, copse. 1. Chiefly British a wood, thicket, or plantation of small trees or bushes. –verb (t) 2. to cut down (a tree) near the base so as to encourage numerous slender trunks to regenerate from the root stock;… …
27coppice — Same as copse …
28coppice — n. & v. n. an area of undergrowth and small trees, grown for periodic cutting. v.tr. cut back (young trees) periodically to stimulate growth of shoots. Derivatives: coppiced adj. Etymology: OF copeiumlz ult. f. med.L colpus blow: see COPE(1) …
29coppice oak — noun : bark from roots of the kermes oak …
30coppice shoot — noun : a young tree that has grown from a sucker and not from seed …
