Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hooped"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hoop \Hoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hooped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hooping}.]
1. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or
puncheon.
2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. --Shak.
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