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

Iraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 86, was taken captive from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager.

From BBC

Nearly every city dweller with or without a backyard chicken coop dreams of more space.

From Salon

Instead, they went into hiding in a small farm town in the Netherlands, Zeilberg, where they lived out the war in a chicken coop.

From New York Times

Silver, books and a religious scroll marked with the tracks of Nazi boots share display space with artworks and personal items like the backpack and a picture Max drew as a boy of the backpack, leaning against a wall in the chicken coop in the summer of 1944.

From New York Times

The May 6 chase began after Porter was found passed out in a chicken coop, police have said.

From Seattle Times