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Copse vs Coppe - What's the difference?

copse | coppe |

As nouns the difference between copse and coppe

is that copse is a thicket of small trees or shrubs while coppe is (archaic) a spider.

As a verb copse

is (horticulture) to trim or cut.

copse

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A thicket of small trees or shrubs.
  • * 1798 , , Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey , lines 9–15 (for syntax):
    • The day is come when I again repose
    Here, under this dark sycamore, and view
    These plots of cottage-ground, these orchard tufts,
    Which at this season, with their unripe fruits,
    Are clad in one green hue, and lose themselves
    ’Mid groves and copses .
  • * 1919 , , Valmouth , Duckworth (hardback edition), p19:
    • Striking the highway beyond the little copse she skirted the dark iron palings enclosing Hare.

    Synonyms

    * coppice

    See also

    * bush, bushes, forest, mott, orchard * stand, thicket, wood, woods

    Verb

    (cops)
  • (horticulture) To trim or cut.
  • (horticulture) To plant and preserve.

    • Anagrams

    * copes, scope

    coppe

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (archaic) A spider

    • Derived terms

    * cobweb * coppeweb

    Usage notes

    The word is still in use in north east midland region of England, although now almost obsolete.

    References

    * AskOxford.com ----