cooper

Definition

A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.

Etymology

From coop + -er.

Example Sentences

• "They were nearly all whalemen; chief mates, and second mates, and third mates, and sea carpenters, and sea coopers, and sea blacksmiths, and harpooneers, and ship keepers; a brown and brawny company, with bosky beards; an unshorn, shaggy set, all wearing monkey jackets for morning gowns."