What does coppice mean?

Definitions for coppice
ˈkɒp ɪscop·pice

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicketnoun

    a dense growth of bushes

Wiktionary

  1. coppicenoun

    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.

  2. coppiceverb

    To manage a wooded area sustainably, as a coppice.

    Her plan to coppice the woods should keep her self-sufficient in fuel indefinitely.

  3. Etymology: From coupeiz, from presumed colpaticium, from *, from colpus, from colapus, from colaphus, from.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. COPPICEnoun

    Low woods cut at stated times for fuel; a place over-run with brushwood.

    Etymology: coupeaux, Fr. from couper, to cut or lop.

    A land, each side whereof was boarded both with high timber trees, and copses of far more humble growth. Philip Sidney.

    Upon the edge of yonder coppice,
    A stand, where you may have the fairest shoot. William Shakespeare.

    In coppice woods, if you leave staddles too thick, they will run to bushes and briars, and have little clean underwood. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

    The willows and the hazel copses green,
    Shall now no more be seen,
    Fanning their joyous leaves to their soft lays. John Milton.

    Raise trees in your seminaries and nurseries, and you may transplant them for coppice ground, walks, or hedges. John Mortimer.

    The rate of coppice lands will fall upon the discovery of coalmines. John Locke.

ChatGPT

  1. coppice

    A coppice is a form of woodland management that involves periodically cutting back trees or shrubs to ground level, allowing them to regrow. This practice provides a sustainable source of small-diameter timber and promotes biodiversity in the woodland ecosystem. The periods between cuttings can range from a few to several years.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Coppicenoun

    a grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse

  2. Etymology: [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, Coupee.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Coppice

    kop′is, Copse, kops, n. a wood of small growth for periodical cutting.—n. Copse′wood.—adj. Cop′sy. [O. Fr. copeiz, wood newly cut—Low L. colpāre, to cut—L. colaphus, a blow with the fist.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of coppice in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of coppice in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of coppice in a Sentence

  1. Feltham:

    He that would build lastingly must lay his foundation low. The proud man, like the early shoots of a new-felled coppice, thrusts out full of sap, green in leaves, and fresh in colour, but bruises and breaks with every wind, is nipped with every little cold, and, being top-heavy, is wholly unfit for use. Whereas the humble man retains it in the root, can abide the winter?s killing blast, the ruffling concussions of the wind, and can endure far more than that which appears so flourishing.

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