hoop (1)

t. [HOOP (1), s.] 1. To bind or fasten with hoops; to encircle with hoops. "The three hooped pot shall have ten hoops ." --Shakesp .: Henry VI., Pt . II ., iv. 2. 2. To encircle, to clasp, to surround. "Henceforth thou Shalt hoop his body more with thy embraces." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, iv. 4.