coppice

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

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.

Verb

1. (transitive) To manage (a wooded area) sustainably, as a coppice, by periodically cutting back woody plants to promote new growth.
2. (intransitive) To sprout from the stump.

Concepts

taillis

boqueteau

broussailles

bois

🪵

bocage

petit bois

bosquet

fourré

maquis

Synonymes

copse

thicket

grove

brushwood

brush

bush

shrub

spinney

sprout

underbrush

undergrowth

underwood

wood

🪵

tree group

coppice wood

brake

dwarf thicket

chaparral

clump

holt

regenerate

scrub

Traductions

bosco ceduo

ağaçlık

arvoredo

hakhout

Hain

boscaje

soto

Wäldchen

Unterholz

Niederwald

Gehölz

δασύλλιο

matorral

boscaglia

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkɒpɪs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: copies

In summary

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”).