coppice Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a dense growth of bushes
    thicket; brush; brushwood; copse.

WordNet

Cop"pice noun
Etymology
OF. copeiz, fr. coper, couper, to cut, F. couper, fr. cop, coup, colp, a blow, F. coup, L. colaphus, fr. G. . Cf. Copse, and cf. Coup, Coupee.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913