copse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a dense growth of bushes
    thicket; coppice; brush; brushwood.

WordNet

Copse noun
Etymology
Contr. from coppice.
Definitions
  1. A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice.
    Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. Goldsmith.
Copse transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To trim or cut; -- said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc. Halliwell.
  2. To plant and preserve, as a copse. Swift.

Webster 1913