hencoop

[ hen-koop, -koop ]

/ ˈhɛnˌkup, -ˌkʊp /

noun

a large cage or coop for housing poultry.

Origin of hencoop

First recorded in 1690–1700; hen + coop

Words nearby hencoop

henbit, hence, henceforth, Hench, henchman, hencoop, hendeca-, hendecagon, hendecahedron, hendecasyllabic, hendecasyllable

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for hencoop

From its leafy crest the magpie looks down, meditating another raid upon the hencoop.
In the West Country|Francis A. Knight
I was lounging at mine ease under the awning, on a hencoop, reading.
The Cruise of the Midge (Vol. II of 2)|Michael Scott
A hencoop, which had been grasped by a couple of passengers, landed them in an exhausted condition upon a rock.
Grace Darling|Eva Hope
The galley, with the cook in it, was torn from its lashings and slung overboard as if it had been a hencoop.
Overland|John William De Forest

Miss Katie, Miss Katie, resounds from garden and furrow and hencoop.
The Joys of Being a Woman|Winifred Kirkland

British Dictionary definitions for hencoop

hencoop

/ (ˈhɛnˌkuːp) /

noun

a cage for poultry

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	hencoop
释义	hencoop [ hen-koop, -koop ] / ˈhɛnˌkup, -ˌkʊp / noun a large cage or coop for housing poultry. Origin of hencoop First recorded in 1690–1700; hen + coop Words nearby hencoop henbit, hence, henceforth, Hench, henchman, hencoop, hendeca-, hendecagon, hendecahedron, hendecasyllabic, hendecasyllable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hencoop From its leafy crest the magpie looks down, meditating another raid upon the hencoop. In the West Country\|Francis A. Knight I was lounging at mine ease under the awning, on a hencoop, reading. The Cruise of the Midge (Vol. II of 2)\|Michael Scott A hencoop, which had been grasped by a couple of passengers, landed them in an exhausted condition upon a rock. Grace Darling\|Eva Hope The galley, with the cook in it, was torn from its lashings and slung overboard as if it had been a hencoop. Overland\|John William De Forest Miss Katie, Miss Katie, resounds from garden and furrow and hencoop. The Joys of Being a Woman\|Winifred Kirkland British Dictionary definitions for hencoop hencoop / (ˈhɛnˌkuːp) / noun a cage for poultry Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看	anti-saloon league of america antisana antisatellite antiscientific antiscorbutic antisecretory antiselection anti-semite anti-semitic anti-semitism antisense antisense rna antisepsis antiseptic antiseptically antiseptic dressing antisepticize antiseptics antiserum antiserum anaphylaxis antisexist antishake antisialagogue antisialic bennett's fracture