n.
Pronunciation: ' kä-p ə s
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English copies cutover area overgrown with brush, from Middle French copeis, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *colpaticium, from *colpare to cut, from Late Latin colpus blow ― more at COPE
Date: 1534
1 : a thicket, grove, or growth of small trees
2 : forest originating mainly from shoots or root suckers rather than seed