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Webster 1913 Edition

Coop

Coop

(koōp)
,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
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.
Syn. – To crowd; confine; imprison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Coop

COOP

,
Noun.
[L, from bending, hollowness, or containing, holding. See Cup.]
1.
A box of boards, grated or barred on one side, for keeping fowls in confinement. It is usually applied to long boxes for keeping poultry for fattening or conveyance on board of ships, as cage is used for a small box to keep singing birds in houses. I do not know that it is ever used in America for a pen to confine other animals.
2.
A pen; an inclosed place for small animals.
3.
A barrel or cask for the preservation of liquors.
4.
A tumbrel or close cart.
[The three last sense, not American.]

COOP

,
Verb.
T.
To put in a coop; to confine in a coop. Hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; usually followed by up, to coop up; sometimes by in.
The Trojans cooped within their walls.
They are cooped in close by the laws of the country.

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