n. [ Contr. from coppice. ] A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To trim or cut; -- said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To plant and preserve, as a copse. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Brushwood; coppice. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]