coppice

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

COPPICE, COPSE, noun A wood of small growth, or consisting of underwood or brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel. The rate of coppice lands will fall on the discovery of coal-mines.
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