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• There he is! Coming out of that coppice! Tallyho tallyho tallyho!From the entry tallyho
• Some people refer to stooling as coppice.2011, Edward F. Gilman, An Illustrated Guide to Pruning, 3rd edition, Clifton Park, N.Y.: Delmar, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 411. From the entry stool
• Sadly, in many parts of the country this is the commonest form of coppice you are likely to see.2001, Ben Law, The Woodland Way: a permaculture approach to sustainable woodland management, Hyden House, →ISBN. From the entry overstand
• In a number of parishes tithe was due on mills, and, at Fowey, on limehouses, but only for coppice wood.1974, Richard Potts, A Calendar of Cornish Glebe Terriers, 1673-1735, page xviii. From the entry limehouse
• On three sides the fields fell down to the Sprint, whose numerous waterbreaks gleamed whitely through fringing birch and coppice.1967, John Nichols, The Gentleman's Magazine - Volumes 292-293, page 504. From the entry waterbreak
• McKay stood on the lakeward skirts of the little coppice.1926 August, Abraham Merritt, “The Woman of the Wood”, in Weird Tales. From the entry lakeward
• You notice that across the lawn the coppice looks not so wind-beaten and draggletail as it did a while ago.1903, W. G. Collingwood, “The Fésole Club Papers: Chapter X: Infinity”, in The Parents' Review, volume 14, number 10, page 781. From the entry draggle-tail
• An HS2 'receptor site' for trans-located trees, new saplings and coppiced tree stumps has been established on the eastern side of Cubbington Wood.2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 45, photo caption. From the entry coppiced
• When a coppice woodland is no longer cut on its regular rotation the rods from the stool continue to grow and the coppice becomes known as overstood.2001, Ben Law, The Woodland Way: a permaculture approach to sustainable woodland management, Hyden House, →ISBN. From the entry overstand
• As well as coppicing, other trees were pollarded, or lopped about 6 ft up the trunk so that the resulting growth was beyond the reach of grazing animals.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 118. From the entry pollard

Meaning of coppice

1. noun A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.
2. verb To manage (a wooded area) sustainably, as a coppice, by periodically cutting back woody plants to promote new growth.
3. verb To sprout from the stump.

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How do you use coppice in a sentence?

Coppice is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Her plan to coppice the woods should keep her self-sufficient in fuel indefinitely.”

What is a short sentence with coppice?

“Few conifer species can coppice.”

What does coppice mean?

Coppice means a grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.