chicken coop

noun

a coop for chickens.
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.

Origin of chicken coop

First recorded in 1780–90

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"You might let me tar the roof of the chicken-coop," begged Wendy.
A harum-scarum schoolgirl
Angela Brazil
Hilda, the statue is there waiting, and it's all boxed up like a chicken-coop.
Cricket at the Seashore
Elizabeth Westyn Timlow
Hold on—give me the other handle of that—look at it now, big as a chicken-coop!
Felix O'Day
F. Hopkinson Smith
Well, I'd like to get a contract for a chicken-coop just to keep my hand in.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
John Fox, Jr.
I has ter watch mer own chicken-coop ter keep chick'ns 'nuff fer Sunday eatin'.
The Conjure Woman
Charles W. Chesnutt