coppice

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

taillis

boqueteau

Hain

hakhout

bosco ceduo

arvoredo

ağaçlık

boscaglia

Niederwald

Wäldchen

Unterholz

bois

🪵

Gehölz

δασύλλιο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒpɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: 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”).