| source : web1913 |
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.
| source : web1913 |
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.
| source : wn |
copse
n : a dense growth of bushes [syn: {brush}, {brushwood}, {coppice},
{thicket}]