Definitions
an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
Word origin
Possibly from coop, above. Sense 2 may be from English coup (“to tilt, overturn, upset”).
Used in a sentence
“"Well," said Calvin, "we could go over to the chicken coop this afternoon when all the hens are inside laying eggs. We might find some clues."”
“The rivers and estuaries of the country still abounded in fish, and the right of salmon-fishing by nets or "yairs" (coops) was jealously guarded by land-holders.”
“Why think to shut up all things in your narrow coop, when we know there are not one or two only, but ten, twenty, a thousand things, and unlike?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Poultry enclosure”4 letters
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