Coop

[Du. kuip; Lat. cup a, a tub, cask, .; Gael. cubach, bent, hollowed.] A box for confining poultry; a cage; a pen for small animals; as, a hen- coop. -A barrel or cask. -v. a. To put in a coop; to confine in a coop; to shut up or confine in a narrow compa ; to cage; to imprison. "What! coop whole armies in our walls again? " -Pope . Coopee', n. See COUPEE.