English Dictionary: copse | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for copse | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [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. |