Encoop

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To confine in a coop. transitive

    "While Mr. Wallace assisted the mother of the lay-reader, Ambrosio, to encoop a brood of chickens, […]"

Example

More examples

"While Mr. Wallace assisted the mother of the lay-reader, Ambrosio, to encoop a brood of chickens, […]"

Etymology

From en- + coop.

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