coppicing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of coppice

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of cutting back a woody plant to promote new growth.

   “Coppicing provides a perpetual supply of small timber for village craftsmen, […] The art of coppicing was known to late Stone Age Britons who used the poles for causeways which, in wet ground, have survived to the present day.”