hen-coop
(ˈhɛnkuːp)
a. A coop or pen of basket-work, wire-work, or the like, in which poultry are kept.
| 1697–1703 W. Dampier Voy. 1676 (R.) With provision chests, hen-coops and parrot cages, our ships were full of lumber. 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adv. Younger Son (1890) 49 Grill a hen⁓coop full of fowls. 1859 Geo. Eliot A. Bede i. xv, She stooped down to put the soaked bread under the hen-coop. |
b. attrib.
| 1898 Daily News 28 Sept. 5/3 The huge hen-coop crinoline disfigured the women. 1937 E. Sitwell I live under Black Sun 296 There came a sound of crazy hen-coop laughter. |