Coppice /(kŏp"pĭs)/

1. 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.

imp. & p. p. Coppiced; p. pr. & vb. n. Coppicing

1. 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. (Forestry)