Copse , v. t. 1. To
trim or cut;
-- said of small trees, brushwood,
tufts of grass, etc.
Halliwell.
2. To plant and preserve, as a copse. Swift.
Copse (?), n. [Contr. from coppice.]
A wood of
small growth; a thicket of
brushwood. See Coppice.
Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled.
Goldsmith.
Hear it pronounced