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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Coppice \Cop"pice\ (k[o^]p"p[i^]s), verb (used with an object) [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.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Coppice \Cop"pice\ (k[o^]p"p[i^]s), noun [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}.
The rate of coppice lands will fall, upon the discovery of coal mines. --Locke.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
coppice
noun: a dense growth of bushes [syn: {brush}, {brushwood}, {copse}, {thicket}]
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