noun
- plural of cooper; people who make or repair wooden barrels, casks, and other staved containers
Usage: traditional craft
Examples
- The coopers worked carefully to ensure the wine barrels were watertight.
- Traditional coopers use special tools to shape the wooden staves.
- The distillery employed several skilled coopers to maintain their whiskey barrels.
- Modern coopers still follow techniques passed down through generations.
- The coopers’ workshop was filled with the smell of oak and cedar.
- Few coopers remain today due to the decline in wooden barrel production.