Colpicium

Lat. Salvia colpiciis infra boscum predi^tum. The editor of Cowell (who is followed by Blount,) citing an old charter in which these words occur, supposes that by colpiciis is meant samplars [saplings ?] or young poles, &c. The word undoubtedly is the Latin form of the English coppice or copse- wood; i. e. young wood, subjected to frequent cutting or lopping {colpatura) and probably the same with sylva caidtta, (q. v.)*