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Define the word coppice

"Coppice" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

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" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

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]

         The rate of coppice lands will fall, upon the discovery
         of coal mines.                           --Locke.
   [1913 Webster]

"coppice" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

coppice
     n : a dense growth of bushes [syn: brush, brushwood, copse,
          thicket]