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]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)