I. noun see: cope Date: 1534 a thicket, grove, or growth of small trees, forest originating mainly from shoots or root suckers rather than seed, II. verb (~d; coppicing) Date: 1538 transitive verb to cut back so as to regrow in the form of a ~, intransitive verb to form a ~
COPPICE
Meaning of COPPICE in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012