copse
A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicingA coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
» They came to a copse of trees at the edge of the field.
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1 sentencesThey came to a copse of trees at the edge of the field.
Meaning
3 sensesAny thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
Busch, Gebüsch, Dickicht
за́рослиzárosli, подле́сокpodlésok
A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
Any woodland or woodlot.
- a dense growth of bushes
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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plural: copsesSynonyms
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3 related wordsSee also
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