Copse definition

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A thicket of small trees or shrubs; a coppice.
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A thicket of small trees or shrubs.
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The definition of a copse is an area of trees or a dense growth of bush.

A small clustering of pine trees is an example of a copse.

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A thicket of small trees or shrubs.
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(horticulture) To trim or cut.
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(horticulture) To plant and preserve.
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Noun

Singular:
copse
Plural:
copses

Origin of copse

  • Middle English copys from Old French copeiz thicket for cutting from coper, couper to cut cope1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”.

    From Wiktionary

Copse Sentence Examples

  • I have seen bricks amid the oak copse there.

  • He stayed with them and was shocked when the car left the road, bumping into a secluded copse, frightening the girl.

  • On the left our troops were close to a copse, in which smoked the bonfires of our infantry who were felling wood.

  • As the track begins to curve to the left a small path enters a small copse to the left.

  • The National Forest Company is donating 20 (Plant a Tree) schemes to create a carriage drivers copse at Catton Park.

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