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.

Nearby words

chicken, chicken adder, chicken breast, chicken cholera, chicken colonel, chicken coop, chicken fat clot, chicken feed, chicken fillet, chicken hawk, chicken kiev

Origin of chicken coop

First recorded in 1780–90

Examples from the Web for chicken coop

Time for Uncle Bushrod to clean out somebody's chicken-coop and eben matters up.
Roads of Destiny|O. Henry
Politics is like a chicken-coop, and those inside get to behave as if their little run were all the world.
Greenmantle|John Buchan
Yesterday it was a chicken-coop, and she told me about a lovely visit she had once on a farm.
In League with Israel|Annie F. Johnston
Inside the Chicken-coop the old Hen was trying to settle down again, and the Chickens were talking it over.
Dooryard Stories|Clara Dillingham Pierson

He picked up the hickory withe to keep off the dogs, and made a circuit to reach the chicken-coop from the rear of the house.
Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6)|John McElroy