coppiced
English edit
Verb edit
coppiced
- simple past and past participle of coppice
Adjective edit
coppiced (not comparable)
- (usually of trees) Cut back to ground level to stimulate growth.
- 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 45, photo caption:
- An HS2 'receptor site' for trans-located trees, new saplings and coppiced tree stumps has been established on the eastern side of Cubbington Wood.
References edit
- “coppiced”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.