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Coppice vs Bosk - What's the difference?

coppice | bosk |

As nouns the difference between coppice and bosk

is that coppice is a grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber see copse while bosk is a thicket; a small wood or bosk can be hornless goat.

As a verb coppice

is to manage a wooded area sustainably, as a coppice.

coppice

English

Noun

(Coppicing) (en noun)
  • A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.
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  • * 1957 , Schubert, H.R. History of the British Iron and Steel Industry , p216:
    • It was also enacted that all coppices or underwoods should be enclosed for periods from four to seven years after felling.

    Synonyms

    * copse

    Derived terms

    * copse

    Verb

    (coppic)
  • To manage a wooded area sustainably, as a coppice.
    • Her plan to coppice the woods should keep her self-sufficient in fuel indefinitely.

    Derived terms

    * recoppice

    References

    * [see also its linking entry coup]

    bosk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thicket; a small wood.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Through bosk and dell.
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