\Cop"pice\ (k[o^]p"p[i^]s), n. [OF. copeiz, fr. coper,
couper, to cut, F. couper, fr. cop, coup, colp, a blow, F.
coup, L. colaphus, fr. Gr. ko`lafos. Cf. {Copse}, and cf.
{Coup['e]}, {Coupee}.]
A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut
at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See {Copse}.
      The rate of coppice lands will fall, upon the discovery
      of coal mines.                           --Locke.

\Cop"pice\ (k[o^]p"p[i^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Coppiced} (-p[i^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coppicing}.]
(Forestry)
To cause to grow in the form of a coppice; to cut back (as
young timber) so as to produce shoots from stools or roots.