Coop
Coop (kop) , noun
[Compare Anglo-Saxon cypa a measure, Dutch kuip tub, Icelandic kupa bowl, German kufe coop tub; all from Latin cupa vat, tub, Late Latin cupa, copa, cup. See Cup, and compare Keeve.]
1.
A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obsolete] — 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 , transitive verb
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. [Obsolete]
Shaken tubs... be new cooped.