“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
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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
A Well of Heroes
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