copse

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

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