coppice.
A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.
Meaning & usage
A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English copies, from Old French copeiz (“a cut-over forest”), from presumed Vulgar Latin *colpaticium (“having the quality of being cut”), from *colpāre (“to cut, strike”), from *colpus (“a blow”), from Latin colaphus (“a cuff, box on the ear”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “a blow, slap”). Compare typologically Russian колок (kolok) (akin коло́ть (kolótʹ)).
To manage (a wooded area) sustainably, as a coppice, by periodically cutting back woody plants to promote new growth.
Her plan to coppice the woods should keep her self-sufficient in fuel indefinitely.
To sprout from the stump.
Few conifer species can coppice.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English copies, from Old French copeiz (“a cut-over forest”), from presumed Vulgar Latin *colpaticium (“having the quality of being cut”), from *colpāre (“to cut, strike”), from *colpus (“a blow”), from Latin colaphus (“a cuff, box on the ear”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “a blow, slap”). Compare typologically Russian колок (kolok) (akin коло́ть (kolótʹ)).
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