coopingn.
/ˈkuːpɪŋ/ The action of coop v.1
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > confining poultry
cooping1813
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > action of
conclusion1676
cooping1813
immuring1851
lock-in1893
impoundage1954
1813–4 Ann. Agric. 44 373 From fifteen to twenty [ewes] were put into the hurdles (hobbling or cooping) daily.
1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia 11 After our long cooping-up on shipboard we were not equal to any exertion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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- come to a pinch
- come to a point
- come to a pretty pass
- come to a screeching halt
- come to a screeching stop
- come to a stand
- come to a standstill
- come to a sticky end
- come to an anchor
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- come to an explanation
- come to an éclaircissement
- come to anchor
- come to attention
- come to be a woman
- come to bear
- come to bow
- come to buckle and bare thong
- come to etc fruition
- come to etc full fruition
- come to fine
- come to fruition
- come to full fruition
- come to good