Meaning of COOP
| Pronunciation: | | koop
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- [n] an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept
- [n] a farm building for housing poultry
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| | Synonyms: | | cage, chicken coop, hencoop, henhouse |
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| | See Also: | | birdcage, enclosure, farm building, hutch, squirrel cage | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
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