Definition of "hencoop" [hen•coop]

• A coop or cage for poultry. Also called hennery. (noun)

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• "It is possible that a man (supposing he happened to be on deck at the time of the accident) might have floated ashore on that hencoop."
• "“It takes you a long time, my son, to mend a hencoop,” he said."
• "When we had rowed a little further, we discerned it to be a man riding upon a hencoop, who, seeing us approach, pronounced with a hoarse voice, “D — n your bloods! why did you not answer when I hailed?”"