1. a small wood or thicket consisting mainly of undergrowth and small trees
2. an area of woodland where trees are periodically cut down to ground level to encourage new growth
Usage: forestry

1. to cut back (trees or shrubs) to ground level periodically to promote new growth
Usage: forestry

Examples

• The children played hide-and-seek in the small coppice behind the farmhouse.
• A family of rabbits made their home in the dense coppice.
• The forester explained how coppicing helps maintain healthy woodland.
• They decided to coppice the hazel trees every seven years.
• The old coppice had grown wild after years of neglect.
• Birds nested safely in the thick coppice near the stream.
• The landowner plans to coppice this section of forest next spring.