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plural coppices
A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse. quotations examples
[…] belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards, […]
1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict
It was also enacted that all coppices or underwoods should be enclosed for periods from four to seven years after felling.
1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, page 216
third-person singular simple present coppices, present participle coppicing, simple past and past participle coppiced
(transitive) To manage (a wooded area) sustainably, as a coppice, by periodically cutting back woody plants to promote new growth. examples
(intransitive) To sprout from the stump. examples