cooper

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a craftsperson who makes or repairs wooden barrels, casks, buckets, and similar vessels

   The cooper tightened the iron hoops around the newly made barrel.

2. 2
   verb

   to make or repair a barrel, cask, or similar wooden vessel

   The workshop continued to cooper barrels for the nearby brewery.

From Middle English couper, an occupational name related to coop, meaning a barrel, cask, or other wooden container, + the agent suffix -er. The occupation also produced the common surname Cooper.

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