Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thicket of small trees or shrubs; a coppice.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cut or trim, as brushwood, tufts of grass, and the like.
- To plant or preserve, as underwoods.
- To inclose as in a copse.
- To form a coppice; grow up again from the roots after being cut down, as brushwood.
- Also
coppice . - noun Same as
cops . - noun See
coppice .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See
coppice . - transitive verb To trim or cut; -- said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc.
- transitive verb To plant and preserve, as a copse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
thicket of small trees or shrubs. - verb transitive, horticulture To trim or cut.
- verb transitive, horticulture To plant and preserve.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a dense growth of bushes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I mean at least on my left hand (upon which side they were), for in front where the brook ran out of the copse was a good stiff hedge of holly.
Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004
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In the copse was a hidden patch of bare earth, known only to Janie and several thousand people who were wont to use it in pairs at night.
More Than Human Sturgeon, Theodore, 1918-1985 1953
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Beyond the copse was a row of huddled-up cottages.
Five Fall Into Adventure Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1950
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In the heart of the copse was a rude wooden bench, built some years before by the factor's orders.
The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada William Murray Graydon 1905
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Such little meadows as these about the copse are the favourite resort of birds and the very home of flowers -- more so than extensive woods like the Chace, or the open pastures and arable fields.
Round About a Great Estate Richard Jefferies 1867
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I mean at least on my left hand (upon which side they were), for in front where the brook ran out of the copse was a good stiff hedge of holly.
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The chief timber of the copse was the pecan hickory -- almost an evergreen -- and the trees were still in full leaf; only here and there, where the trunks stood far apart, did the moonbeams strike through the thick frondage.
The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850
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No need saying that the cavalcade seen passing the copse is the lancer troop of Colonel Uraga.
The Lone Ranche Mayne Reid 1850
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Whilst he and Leander walked over the hill, they descended into a fine valley, at the bottom of which was a little kind of copse or thicket, composed of stately tall trees and close quickset hedges.
The Inhuman Stepmother, or the History of Miss Harriot Montague Anonymous 1770
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"Every human being has a natural right to walk across this copse, which is all waste ground, and has no crop sown in it.
The British Barbarians Grant Allen 1873
milosrdenstvi commented on the word copse
And robberse!
November 11, 2010