vbl. sb. [f. COOP v.1 + -ING1.] The action of the verb COOP.
1813–4. Young, Ann. Agric., XLIV. 373. From fifteen to twenty [ewes] were put into the hurdles (hobbling or cooping) daily.
1879. Beerbohm, Patagonia, 11. After our long cooping-up on shipboard we were not equal to any exertion.
