inhoop

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ hoop.

Verb

inhoop (third-person singular simple present inhoops, present participle inhooping, simple past and past participle inhooped)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To confine or enclose as with a hoop or hoops; coop up.
    • 1607, William Shakespeare, Anthony and Cleopatra:
      His cocks do win the battle still of mine, When it is all to nought; and his quails ever Beat mine, inhoop'd, at odds.

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