cooperyn.
/ˈkuːpəri/ Cooper's work; a cooper's workshop; cooper's ware. Also attributive.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > cask-making > [noun]
coopery1558
cooperage1741
coopering1746
1558 Inventory of W. Pultney, Lichfield Registry Item, in cowperye ware, xs.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 562 To steep the wheat within certaine cooperie vessels, made of wood.
1695 London Gaz. No. 3116/4 To be Sold..all sorts of Basket, Coopery, and Turnery Wares.
1819 P. Nicholson Archit. Dict. I. 290/1 The art of coopery is a curious branch of mechanism.
1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 65 It is much used..in mill work, turnery, and coopery.
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