The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cooper \Coop"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coopered; p. pr. & vb. n. Coopering.] To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a cask or barrel.
Coopering \Coop"er*ing\, n. Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of cooper English)
Usage examples of "coopering".
Immediately on the right, as they entered through the gates, there was a large barn, in which two men were coopering wine vats.
A short way down the hill there were rows of olive trees, standing in prim order and at regular distances, from which hung the vines that made the coopering of the vats necessary.
There were still the two men coopering at the vats, but she did not stay to speak to them.
Myron farming, John glassmaking, coopering, smithing, all the things you have to have if you don't have replicators or even factories.
Knowing a little bit about coopering and carpentry and smithing will be useful.
When I hear it at work sometimes, as I go by, it reminds me, at best, of those farmers who in winter contrive to turn a penny by following the coopering business.
Horse-shoeing, cart-mending, plow-repairing, coopering, grinding, and weaving, for all the neighboring farms, were performed here, and slaves were employed in all these branches.
The shoemaking and mending, the blacksmithing, cartwrighting, coopering, weaving, and grain-grind ing, were all performed by the slaves on the home plantation.