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coppice en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɒpɪs/

Etymology

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)).

Meanings

1. 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.
   • It was also enacted that all coppices or underwoods should be enclosed for periods from four to seven years after felling. 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, page 216:
   • At the time of the Norman Conquest, any village with woodland had one or more coppices of about 80 acres. […] Coppice trees are periodically cut to a level just above the ground. […] Hazel forms most English coppices, but there are also coppices of alder, oak, wych elm and willow. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 118:
   • […]belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards,[…] 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

copse · coppice mining bee

Synonyms

copse

Translations (33)

sh šibik (grove of small growth) · ru ро́щица (grove of small growth) · cs mlází (grove of small growth) · tr baltalık (grove of small growth) · cs houština (grove of small growth) · sh šibljak (grove of small growth) · es bosquecillo (grove of small growth) · sh gustiš (grove of small growth) · gd preasarlach (grove of small growth) · mk ко́парок (grove of small growth) · it bosco ceduo (grove of small growth) · ja 萌芽更新 (grove of small growth) · bg шубрак (grove of small growth) · bg гъсталак (grove of small growth) · pt mata de talhadia (grove of small growth) · da holt (grove of small growth) · fr taillis (grove of small growth) · ota بالطهلق (grove of small growth) · sh čestar (grove of small growth) · fi pensaikko (grove of small growth) · ru лесо́к (grove of small growth) · sv skottskog (grove of small growth) · cmn 萌芽更新 (grove of small growth) · fi vesakko (grove of small growth) · nl hakhout (grove of small growth) · cs podrost (grove of small growth) · pl zagajnik (grove of small growth) · de Stockausschlag (grove of small growth) · pl lasek (grove of small growth) · fr boqueteau (grove of small growth) · da stævningsskov (grove of small growth) · sv hult (grove of small growth) · hu sarjerdő (grove of small growth)

coppice en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɒpɪs/

Etymology

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)).

Meanings

1. (transitive) 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.
2. (intransitive) To sprout from the stump.
   • Few conifer species can coppice.

Forms

Deriveds

coppicer · recoppice

Translations (5)

gd dèan preasarlach (manage a wooded area as a coppice) · fr rejeter de souche (sprout from the stump) · de vom Stock ausschlagen (sprout from the stump) · cs prořezávat (manage a wooded area as a coppice) · cs prořezat (manage a wooded area as a coppice)