Woodcraft II

[poliphilo]

All done.

They've chopped the fallen tree into brushwood and firewood and pushed the stump upright in the hope that it might "coppice"- meaning put out new growth. I've not come across "coppice" used as a verb in quite that sense before- but I like it- and if it isn't standard English it should be.

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

They are.

And they're the experts so they ought to know.

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

Self-coppicing trees! Who would have thought it. Like you, I always thought it was something people did to trees. Perhaps they think it sounds more technical than just saying, "Perhaps it'll sprout." :)