COOP (2)

coop (2). Coop, v.t. to cage, shut up, confine, imprison

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Coop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cooping.] 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. Dryden. The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. Locke. 2. 2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. “Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped.” Holland.
Syn. — To crowd; confine; imprison.