Sentence:  At a Court held 10th December, 1868, the Special Commissioners for English Fisheries made an order declaring to be legal, subject to certain alterations, a <WSD>coop</WSD> or fishing apparatus of the respondent, situated at Salmon Hall, near Workington, in the river Derwent, in the county of Cumberland, which the respondent claimed to use as legal. ... The said <WSD>coop</WSD> is a fishing-box or apparatus inserted in or forming part of the structure of a dam built across the river Derwent, ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A wickerwork basket (kipe) or other enclosure for catching fish.