copse
copse · copses
заросли, подлесок
Busch, Gebüsch, Dickicht, Niederwald
A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicingA coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
/kɒps/
» They came to a copse of trees at the edge of the field.
Meaning
3 sensesA coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
Busch, Gebüsch, Dickicht
за́рослиzárosli, подле́сокpodlésok
Any woodland or woodlot.
More definitions
- a dense growth of bushes
Examples
1 sentencesThey came to a copse of trees at the edge of the field.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
thicket of small trees or shrubs:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
thicket of small trees or shrubs:
Origin
1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of p1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”.
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