For forms see prec. [f. prec. sb.] = COPSE v. 1.
1538. Leland, Itin., V. 82. The Wood cut doun was never copisid.
1581. Act 23 Eliz., c. 5 § 4. Woods or Underwoods … by him preserved and coppised for the Use of his Iron Works.
1790. W. Marshall, Rur. Econ. Midl. Co., Coppy, to cut down, for underwood.
