coppicing
coppicing is the present participle and gerund of coppice.
Meaning of coppice
Verb
coppice (third-person singular simple present coppices, present participle coppicing, simple past and past participle coppiced)
- To manage (a wooded area) sustainably, as a coppice, by periodically cutting back woody plants to promote new growth.
- Her plan to coppice the woods should keep her self-sufficient in fuel indefinitely.
- To sprout from the stump.
- Few conifer species can coppice.
Noun
coppicing (countable and uncountable, plural coppicings)
- The act of cutting back a woody plant to promote new growth.
- Coppicing provides a perpetual supply of small timber for village craftsmen, […] The art of coppicing was known to late Stone Age Britons who used the poles for causeways which, in wet ground, have survived to the present day.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 118
Forms of coppicing
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Questions about coppicing
- What does coppicing mean?
- Coppicing means the act of cutting back a woody plant to promote new growth.
- What is coppicing the present participle and gerund of?
- Coppicing is the present participle and gerund of coppice.
- What part of speech is coppicing?
- Coppicing is a noun.
- What is the plural of coppicing?
- The plural of coppicing is coppicings.
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