copse
Meanings
Noun
- A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
- Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
- Any woodland or woodlot.
Verb
- To trim or cut.
- To plant and preserve.
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Origin
- 1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”.
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