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1 copare [OF coper] , to fell (trees), cut (wood or iron). b to clear (roadway) by felling. c to cut off (head). c1200 unumquemque †ceptum [l. ceppum] de quercu vel fago videndum et inbreviandum qui post ultimum regardum coppati fuerint (Ass. Forestae) R. Howd. II 243; 1272 pro bosco xiij s. ‥, sc. culpando et scalpando Ac. Wellingb. 13; 1296 in xx arboribus colpandis in bosco Ac. Galley Newcastle 170; 1335 pro ‥ securibus pro ligno coupando KR Ac 19/16 m. 2; 1335 in xxx rod’ palicii colpandis, scindendis et ponendis Ib. 131/26 m. 3; 1337 attachiamentum foreste: ‥ de Henrico G. pro spinis et corulis colpatis Ib. 131/27 m. 4d.; 1359 Simoni B. colpanti boscum pro focali Ac. Durh. 125; poterunt eciam colpare et habere ramiliam Croyl. Cont. B 473; 1409 ferrum in pecias colpanti Ac. Forge Durh. 522.  b 1284 ad ipsos docendos ad coupandos passus juxta Dolbadar KR Ac 351/9 m. 10; 1297 domini boscorum per medium quorum via regia fuit ab antiquo ‥ passus, ubi via regia fore debet, basso prope terram et satis large ‥ scindi faciant et colpari StatIr I 208.  c 1276 fecit eum affirmare quod nunquam diceret, et aliter vellet †capare [MS: copare] capud suum Hund. II 177.
2 copare [? ME] , to cope (a wall). c1378 solut’ homini copanti predictum murum et inveniend’ sibi custus †dicte [l. dicto] copant’ medio tempore Rec. Leic. II 170.
3 copare v. coppare

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