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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Coppice

/(kŏp"pĭs)/ · Cop·pice · IPA /ˈkɒpɪs/
01 n. A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse.
  1. 1.
    A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse. See: Copse
    “The rate of coppice lands will fall, upon the discovery of coal mines.” — Locke.
02 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p. Coppiced; p. pr. & vb. n. Coppicing
  1. 1.
    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.(Forestry)