chicken coop

noun

1. a coop for chickens.
2. Fox Hunting. a device for making it easier for a horse to jump wire fences, consisting of two wooden panels set on opposite sides of the fence with the tops of the panels joined at an angle so as to cover the wire.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chicken coop¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

They started a bed-and-breakfast on the ground floor called Auf dem Land, or “In the Countryside,” and served their guests fresh eggs and honey from the beehive and little chicken coop decorated with hearts out back.

From Washington Post

Not in hell, but in my own chicken coop, which does not cost $1500 to enter.

From The Daily Beast

Meditations on the pursuit of happiness while cleaning the chicken coop.

From The Daily Beast

Leaning on the shovel in the pen outside the chicken coop, I was wondering.

From The Daily Beast

I departed for the compost heap happy that I was almost done cleaning the chicken coop.

From The Daily Beast

Every spring and fall, the chicken coop in the barn must be cleaned.

From The Daily Beast

Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.

From Project Gutenberg

I've been trying to keep a Bird of Paradise in a chicken coop!

From Project Gutenberg

Then they went on together to the party, which was held in a nice big chicken coop.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a shock to the others when a wailing cry 152 came to their ears from the vicinity of the chicken coop.

From Project Gutenberg

They tell me you sleep any old place—on the ground or in a chicken coop—makes no matter.

From Project Gutenberg