coppice
noun/ˈkɒpɪs/
/ˈkɑːpɪs/
- a wood where the young trees are regularly cut back in order to make them grow faster and to provide wood for fires or building
- Coppices of oak were cultivated.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French copeiz, based on medieval Latin colpus ‘a blow’ from Greek kolaphos ‘blow with the fist’. Compare with copse.Want to learn more?
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