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Cooper readies or rounds off the end of a barrel using a cooper's hand adze Assembly of a barrel, called mise en rose' in French. A cooper is a craftsman who produces wooden casks, barrels, vats, buckets, tubs, troughs, and other similar containers from timber staves that were usually heated or steamed to make them pliable.
Resin workers' work involved the extraction or working of resin, [186] which was needed as a raw material in the manufacture of pitch, tar and turpentine. Resin worker was an occupation that largely died out in the 20th century, due to increasing labour costs, and competition from the petrochemical industry. [187] Econom: 16: 20: Riding officer
Cooper is a surname. In England, it was occupational surname, that is, derived from an occupation; in this case the maker and repairer of wooden barrels, casks, vats, etc., known as a cooper. The name evolved from the Middle English couper or cowper, which in turn derives from Middle Dutch kūper (kūp meaning "tub container"). [1]
Cooper (profession) → Cooper — The profession of "cooper" is easily the primary topic and the only one on the current Cooper disambiguation page that is not a compound name (like "Cooper Island") apart from a lunar crater and a couple of obscure names with no articles behind them. Bermicourt 13:10, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
Cooper Industries, an American electrical products manufacturer; Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, an American company; Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, or Cooper Institute, a private college in New York City, U.S. Cooper University Hospital, in Camden, New Jersey, U.S. Coopers Brewery, an Australian beer company
Cooper (profession); cowper is an old English spelling of cooper (a maker or repairer of casks and barrels) Pre-ejaculate or Cowper's fluid, the clear fluid emitted when a man is sexually aroused; William Cowper (disambiguation)
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Occupation commonly refers to: Occupation (human activity) , or job, one's role in society, often a regular activity performed for payment Occupation (protest) , political demonstration by holding public or symbolic spaces