coppicing
Meaning of coppicing
verb, gerund or present participle
- cut back (a tree or shrub) to ground level periodically to stimulate growth.
the company began to coppice the woodland for conservation purposes
coppicing is sustainable and doesn't threaten the environment
late Middle English: from Old French copeiz, based on medieval Latin colpus ‘a blow’ (see cope1). Compare with copse.
Information about coppicing
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of coppicing is: coppicings.
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Hyphenation of coppicing
cop-pic-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- coppicing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Words that rhyme with coppicing
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