coop Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a farm building for housing poultry
    hencoop; chicken coop; henhouse.
  2. noun an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
    cage.

WordNet

Coop noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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 boarde; a tumbrel. Scotch
Coop transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Cooped ; present participle & verbal noun Cooping
Definitions
  1. 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 coopet 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.

Webster 1913