1. a person who makes or repairs wooden barrels and casks
Usage: traditional craft

1. to make or repair barrels and casks
Usage: transitive

Examples

• The cooper carefully shaped the wooden staves for the wine barrel.
• My grandfather was a cooper who supplied barrels to local breweries.
• The old cooper’s workshop was filled with the smell of oak shavings.
• She learned to cooper from her father, continuing the family tradition.
• The distillery hired a skilled cooper to maintain their whiskey barrels.
• He spent years learning to cooper before opening his own barrel-making business.