GDG- Re:Cushing spent the day yawning ...Ho-Hum!

[Jack Kelly]

Jim,

the exact definition according to the E.B.:
Coppice:
also called  Copse, or Thicket,   a dense grove of small trees or shrubs 
that have grown from suckers or sprouts rather than from seed. A coppice 
usually results from human woodcutting activity and may be maintained by 
continually cutting new growth as it reaches usable size.

Personally, I like "thicket" best of all, except in the case of Gettysburg.

Regards,

Jack Kelly

> Haven't looked it up, but I recall from past discussions that some insist 
> that "coppice" is at least interchangable with "copse" and perhaps 
> technically more correct.
>
> I get the sense that "coppice" even if still correct may be somewhat 
> archaic by now, however it may have been used during the 19th century. 
> And even then, "copse" seems to have been common.