pool snipe

Ornith.: The Redshank (q. v.). poôl (2), *poule, s . [Fr. poule =(1) a hen, (2) a pool, at games, from Low Lat. pull a a hen, fem. of Lat. pullus a young animal; cogn. with Eng. foal .] I. Ordinary Language : "For the poops of their galliots were all gilt."-North: Plu tarch , p. 534. 2. A deck over the after part of a spardeck, abaft the miz zen. poop-cabin, s. Ship build.: The apartment in a poop. poop-lantern, s. Poop. Naut .: A lantern carried on the taffrail at night to indicate a flag-ship or act as a signal when a ship is moored bow and stern. poôp (2), s. [POPPY.] Arch .: The same as POPPY-HEAD (1) (q. v.). poôp (1), v. t. [POOP (1), 8.] Naut.: To break heavily over or on the poop of; to drive in the stern of, and so sink. "A pre of canvas that may have saved her from being pooped."-London Daily Telegraph .