The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Coppice \Cop"pice\ (k[o^]p"p[i^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Coppiced (k[o^]p"p[i^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. Coppicing
   (k[o^]p"p[i^]*s[i^]ng).] (Forestry)
   To cause to grow in the form of a coppice; to cut back (as
   young timber) so as to produce shoots from stools or roots.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]