inhoop

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ hoop.

Verb

inhoop (third-person singular simple present inhoops, present participle inhooping, simple past and past participle inhooped)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To confine or enclose as with a hoop or hoops; coop up.
   • c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     His cocks do win the battle still of mine, When it is all to nought; and his quails ever Beat mine, inhoop'd, at odds.

Anagrams

• Ophion