Definitions for: Coop


[n] an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept
[n] a farm building for housing poultry



Webster (1913) Definition: Coop (k[=oo]p), n. [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub,
Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub,
LL. cupa, copa, cup. See Cup, and cf. Keeve.]
1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] --Johnson.

2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially,
a grated box for confining poultry.

3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch]


Coop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cooping.]
To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a
narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up,
sometimes by in.

The Trojans cooped within their walls so long.
--Dryden.

The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the
understanding up within narrow bounds. --Locke.

2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] ``Shaken
tubs . . . be new cooped.'' --Holland.

Syn: To crowd; confine; imprison.

Synonyms: cage, chicken coop, hencoop, henhouse

See Also: birdcage, enclosure, farm building, hutch, squirrel cage

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