cop·pice

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• cop|pice — «KOP ihs», noun, verb, piced, pic|ing. Especially British. copse. ╂[Middle English copys < Old French coupeïz cut over forest < couper to cut] …   Useful english dictionary

• cop — apros·cop·i·nous; at·ter·cop; bom·ba·cop·sis; cer·cop·i·dae; cne·mi·do·cop·tes; con·i·cop·o·ly; cop; cop·i·er; cop·lin; cop·pa; cop·per·as; cop·per·head·ism; cop·per·ish; cop·per·ize; cop·pery; cop·ping; cop·ri·nus; cop·ro·culture; cop·ro·dae·al; …   English syllables

• pice — aus·pice; pice; prec·i·pice; cop·pice; hos·pice; …   English syllables

• coppice — cop·pice …   English syllables

• coppice — 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 …   From formal English to slang

• coppice — cop|pice [ kapıs ] verb transitive to cut trees regularly to ground level in order to make them grow quickly …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Coppice — Cop pice (k[o^]p p[i^]s), n. [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[ e]}, {Coupee}.] A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Coppice — Cop pice (k[o^]p p[i^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coppiced} (k[o^]p p[i^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coppicing} (k[o^]p p[i^]*s[i^]ng).] (Forestry) To cause to grow in the form of a coppice; to cut back (as young timber) so as to produce shoots from… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Coppiced — Coppice Cop pice (k[o^]p p[i^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coppiced} (k[o^]p p[i^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coppicing} (k[o^]p p[i^]*s[i^]ng).] (Forestry) To cause to grow in the form of a coppice; to cut back (as young timber) so as to produce shoots… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Coppicing — Coppice Cop pice (k[o^]p p[i^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coppiced} (k[o^]p p[i^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coppicing} (k[o^]p p[i^]*s[i^]ng).] (Forestry) To cause to grow in the form of a coppice; to cut back (as young timber) so as to produce shoots… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English