Inhoop
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To confine or enclose as with a hoop or hoops; coop up. obsolete, transitive
"His cocks do win the battle still of mine, When it is all to nought; and his quails ever Beat mine, inhoop'd, at odds."
Example
More examples"His cocks do win the battle still of mine, When it is all to nought; and his quails ever Beat mine, inhoop'd, at odds."
Etymology
From in- + hoop.
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