copse

Etymology
1578, from, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”.

Noun

 * 1) A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
 * 2) Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
 * 3) * 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth (hardback edition), p19:
 * Striking the highway beyond the little copse she skirted the dark iron palings enclosing Hare.
 * 1) Any woodland or woodlot.
 * 1) * 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth (hardback edition), p19:
 * Striking the highway beyond the little copse she skirted the dark iron palings enclosing Hare.
 * 1) Any woodland or woodlot.
 * Striking the highway beyond the little copse she skirted the dark iron palings enclosing Hare.
 * 1) Any woodland or woodlot.

Usage notes
It is plausible that the broader senses of the word originated in listeners' and readers' misapprehension of the narrower sense, interpreting the word's meaning from context and coming away with only the idea of any dense young woodland or any woodland at all.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: bosko
 * Estonian: võsa
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δρίος, λόχμη
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Irish: rosán
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Macedonian: ко́парок, шу́мјак
 * Maori: oro
 * Norman: bouais'sie
 * Norwegian: skogholt
 * Old English: sceaga
 * Ottoman Turkish: بوك
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, , pădure măruntă, , tufiș de arbuști
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: preasarlach, frith-choille
 * Spanish: bosquecillo, ,
 * Walloon:, ,

Verb

 * 1)  To trim or cut.
 * 2)  To plant and preserve.