coppice

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

hakhout

bosje

bosschage

kreupelbos

kreupelhout

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

taillis

boqueteau

arvoredo

ağaçlık

bosco ceduo

Hain

Niederwald

Wäldchen

Unterholz

bois

🪵

Gehölz

δασύλλιο

boscaglia

broussailles

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkɒpɪs/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: 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”).