coopery
(ˈkuːpərɪ)
[f. cooper n.1 + -y3: see -ery.]
Cooper's work; a cooper's workshop; cooper's ware. Also attrib.
| 1558 Inventory of W. Pultney, Lichfield Registry, Item, in cowperye ware, xs. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 562 To steep the wheat within certaine cooperie vessels, made of wood. 1695 Lond. Gaz. No. 3116/4 To be Sold..all sorts of Basket, Coopery, and Turnery Wares. 1852 P. Nicholson Encycl. Archit. I. 199 The art of coopery is a curious branch of mechanism. 1859 W. S. Coleman Woodlands (1866) 89 It is much used..in mill work, turnery, and coopery. |