chicken coop

noun

plural chicken coops

1

: a coop (especially a cage or small building) for housing chickens

2

or less commonly chicken-coop jump : a usually wooden obstacle having an A-shaped frame that is used in horse jumping and traditionally in fox hunting to protect horses from wire fences

Examples of chicken coop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There, wisteria blooms on trellises, raspberries ripen on bushes, a cold-plunge pool commands sweeping views of downtown Manhattan—and a chicken coop looms in the corner. — Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026

Through a series of renovations it’s morphed from a one-bedroom apartment to a sophisticated NoHo triplex with a rooftop chicken coop, adjusting to major life milestones, such as the birth of Scherieber’s third child, Hazel Bee. — Tanya Fevzi, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Repair any gaps beneath existing garden fences and install buried wire around decks, sheds, chicken coops, and crawl spaces. — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 5 Sep. 2026

The property also has a new garage barn with an office, plus a carriage house, chicken coop, woods, and gardens. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 17 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1687, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for chicken coop

• intergroup
• intragroup
• multigroup
• semigroup
• serogroup
• supergroup
• coupe
• croup
• droop
• drupe
• dupe
• group