Coppicing

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of cutting back a woody plant to promote new growth. countable, uncountable

    "Coppicing provides a perpetual supply of small timber for village craftsmen, […] The art of coppicing was known to late Stone Age Britons who used the poles for causeways which, in wet ground, have survived to the present day."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of coppice form-of, gerund, participle, present

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