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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Coop

/(ko͞op)/ · IPA /kup/
01 n. A barrel or cask for liquor.
  1. 1.
    A barrel or cask for liquor.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.
  3. 3.
    A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel.[Scotch]
02 v. t. To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in.
imp. & p. p. Cooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Cooping
  1. 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 cooped within their walls so long.” — Dryden.
    “The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds.” — Locke.
  2. 2.
    To work upon in the manner of a cooper.[Obs.]
Syn. To crowd; confine; imprison.