vbl. sb. [f. COOPER v. + -ING1.] The occupation of a cooper.
1746. W. Thompson, R. N. Advoc. (1757), 46. The next Article in Coopering, may be considered of the Journeymen Coopers.
[1861. Dickens, Gt. Expect., xxxvii. He was not brought up to the Law, but to Wine-Coopering.]
1874. Knight, Dict. Mech., I. 616/1. Dry coopering consists of making barrels for flour, etc.
