Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coop"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coop \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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coop \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
co-op
n : a commercial enterprise run for the benefit of its owners
[syn: {cooperative}]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
coop
n 1: a farm building for housing poultry [syn: {chicken coop}, {hencoop},
{henhouse}]
2: an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or
animals are kept [syn: {cage}]
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