- an area of woodland in which the trees or shrubs are, or formerly were, periodically cut back to ground level to stimulate growth and provide firewood or timber矮林; 萌生林。
with obj.
- cut back (a tree or shrub) to ground level periodically to stimulate growth定期修剪（树木或灌木）至地面高度（以刺激生长）：
as adj. coppiced coppiced timber修剪下来的木材。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French copeiz, based on medieval Latin colpus 'a blow' （see COPE1 ）. Compare with COPSE.