Coop /(ko͡op)/

1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.]
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]

imp. & p. p. Cooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Cooping

1. 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.

   The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds.

2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.]