Origin of coppice
Middle English copis from Old French copeis from coper, colper, to strike: see coupcoppice


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coppice

noun
verb
cop·piced, cop·pic·ing, cop·pic·esverb
transitiveverb
intransitiveOrigin of coppice
Old French copeiz ; see copse .
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(plural coppices)
(third-person singular simple present coppices, present participle coppicing, simple past and past participle coppiced)
- To manage a wooded area sustainably, as a coppice.
- Her plan to coppice the woods should keep her self-sufficient in fuel indefinitely.
From Old French copeiz (“a cut-over forest”), from presumed Late Latin *colpaticium (“having the quality of being cut”), from *colpare (“to cut, strike”), from Medieval Latin colpus (“a blow”), from Vulgar Latin colapus, from Latin colaphus (“a cuff, box on the ear”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kolaphos).
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"coppice." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 22 February 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/coppice>.
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coppice. (n.d.). Retrieved February 22nd, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/coppice