COOP


Meaning of COOP in English

n. & v.

--n.

1. a cage placed over sitting or fattening fowls.

2 a fowl-run.

3 a small place of confinement, esp. a prison.

4 Brit. a basket used in catching fish.

--v.tr.

1. put or keep (a fowl) in a coop.

2 (often foll. by up, in) confine (a person) in a small space.

Etymology: ME cupe basket f. MDu., MLG kupe, ult. f. L cupa cask

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.