verb
- made or repaired barrels, casks, or other wooden containers
Usage: past tense of cooper
Examples
- The craftsman coopered dozens of wine barrels for the vineyard.
- He coopered the old whiskey casks to restore them to working condition.
- The apprentice learned how his master coopered each container by hand.
- They coopered new barrels using traditional oak-working techniques.
- The cooper coopered replacement barrels after the fire damaged the originals.