copse
noun
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Pronunciation: /kɒps/
noun
Etymology: 1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”.
- A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
- Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
“Agrimonie groweth in places not tylled, in rough stone mountaynes, in hedges and Copses, and by waysides.”
“The day is come when I again repose Here, under this dark sycamore, and view These plots of cottage-ground, these orchard tufts, Which at this season, with their unripe fruits, Among the woods and copses lose themselves,”
- Any woodland or woodlot.
verb
Etymology: 1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”.
- To trim or cut.
- To plant and preserve.