encoop

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verb

To confine in a coop.

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Meanings

verbencoop (third-person singular simple present encoops, present participle encooping, simple past and past participle encooped)

present singular third person encoops · participle present encooping · participle past encooped · past encooped

  1. transitiveTo confine in a coop.

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

    1925, A. S. C. Forbes, California Missions and Landmarks: El Camino Real, page 132

Origin

From en- + coop.

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APA

encoop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encoop

MLA

“encoop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encoop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encoop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encoop.

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