coppice

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.]

Coppice \Cop"pice\ (k[o^]p"p[i^]s), n. [OF. copeiz, fr. coper, couper, to cut, F. couper, fr. cop, coup, colp, a blow, F. coup, L. colaphus, fr. Gr. ko`lafos. Cf. Copse, and cf. Coup['e], Coupee.] A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse. [1913 Webster]