COPPICED

Verb

coppiced

simple past tense and past participle of coppice

Source: Wiktionary


COPPICE

Cop"pice, n. Etym: [OF. copeiz, fr. coper, couper, to cut, F. couper, fr. cop, coup, colp, a blow, F. coup, L. colaphus, fr. G. Copse, and cf. Coup, Coupee.]

Definition: A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse. The rate of coppice lands will fall, upon the discovery of coal mines. Locke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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