coppice-wood

Give them time, and the rest of the coppice-wood would also find a good home.

The Holy Thief Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1992

Nicol gave as good an account of himself as any of us, elder though he may be, and kept the key of the coffer safe, but they threw him off the cart, and coffer and all are gone, for it was there among the coppice-wood.

The Holy Thief Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1992

They are cutting coppice-wood, there will be older stands well seasoned.

The Holy Thief Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1992

At the rim, close to them, the decrepit remains of a rough hut of sticks and bracken and earth sagged over its empty log doorway, and on the far side of the arena there were stacked logs of coppice-wood, left in the round, and now partially overgrown at the base of the stack with coarse grass and mosses.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

It was ideal for picking up dead wood, without the extra weight of damp to carry, and even stacked coppice-wood was fair prize under the terms.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

'I had,' said Mark simply, 'for though we have brought home, to our gain, a whole cord of good coppice-wood, yet not far aside from ours there were two other flattened and whitened shapes in the grass, greener than the one we have now left, but still clear to be seen, which I think must have been bared when the wood was used for this stack.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

At the rim, close to them, the decrepit remains of a rough hut of sticks and bracken and earth sagged over its empty log doorway, and on the far side of the arena there were stacked logs of coppice-wood, left in the round, and now partially overgrown at the base of the stack with coarse grass and mosses.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

'I had,' said Mark simply, 'for though we have brought home, to our gain, a whole cord of good coppice-wood, yet not far aside from ours there were two other flattened and whitened shapes in the grass, greener than the one we have now left, but still clear to be seen, which I think must have been bared when the wood was used for this stack.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

It was ideal for picking up dead wood, without the extra weight of damp to carry, and even stacked coppice-wood was fair prize under the terms.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

He may have left a cord or two of coppice-wood stacked to season, that he never lived to burn.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983