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Coop (k&oomac;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]

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.

Coo*pee" (k&oomac;*pē"), n.


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