12 definitions found for copse

Copse COPSE, n. [See Coppice.]
COPSE, v.t. To preserve underwoods.

copse n 1: a dense growth of bushes [syn: brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket]

copse scope pecos

copse 1578, "small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting," contraction of coppice, from O.Fr. coupeiz "a cut-over forest," from L.L. *colpaticium "having the quality of being cut," from *colpare "to cut, strike," from L.L. colpus "a blow" (see coup).

copse noun Etymology: by alteration Date: 1578 coppice 1

copse
n.
1 = COPPICE.
2 (in general use) a small wood.
Derivatives:
copsy adj.
Etymology: shortened f. COPPICE

copse (copses) A copse is a small group of trees growing very close to each other. ...a little copse of fir trees. N-COUNT

copse kɔps n. 1 = COPPICE. 2 (in general use) a small wood. øøcopsy adj. [shortened f. COPPICE]

Copse Copse, v. t. 1. To trim or cut; -- said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc. --Halliwell. 2. To plant and preserve, as a copse. --Swift.

Copse Copse, n. [Contr. from coppice.] A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice. Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. --Goldsmith.

copse n. Grove (of small trees or shrubs), thicket, coppice.

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "copse": batch, bocage, boscage, bosk, bosket, brake, bunch, canebrake, ceja, chamisal, chaparral, clump, cluster, coppice, copsewood, covert, crop, frith, group, grouping, groupment, grove, hassock, holt, hurst, knot, lot, mess, motte, orchard, shaw, shock, slew, spinney, stook, thicket, thickset, tope, tuft, tussock, wisp, wood lot, woodlet