“He seemed to melt rather than stride into the broad copse at the foot of the slope.”

-The Daughter of Erlik Khan

[käps]

NOUN

1. a small group of trees.

synonyms: thicket • grove • wood • coppice • stand • bush • woodlot • brake • brush • hurst • holt • boscage

ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: shortened from coppice

From the Robert E. Howard Lexicon

“He seemed to melt rather than stride into the broad copse at the foot of the slope.”

-The daughter of Erlik Khan

[käps]

NOUN

1. a small group of trees.

synonyms: thicket • grove • wood • coppice • stand • bush • woodlot • brake • brush • hurst • holt • boscage

ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: shortened from coppice