cooperage
/ˈkuːpərɪdʒ/
noun
- The place where barrels, casks, and other wooden containers are made or repaired.
- He apprenticed at a cooperage to learn how to make oak casks.
- The old cooperage still produces wine barrels by hand.
- The cooperage burned down in the 1800s and was never rebuilt.
- The skill or trade of making barrels and similar wooden containers.
- Cooperage is a traditional craft that requires years of practice.
- She studied cooperage in Scotland and now works for a distillery.
- Modern cooperage uses both machines and hand tools.
- The products made by a cooper, such as barrels and casks.
- Antique cooperage is often sold to collectors and restaurants.
- The shipment of cooperage included twenty oak barrels.
- The winery ordered new cooperage for aging their red wine.