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cowshed

cowshed

1 2.4
A building where cows stay and rest
  • noun
  • /ˈkaʊˌʃɛd/
  • UK
translation icon : establo
  • The farmer built a new cowshed to accommodate the growing herd of dairy cows.
  • going to the cowshed

Examples

  • It's actually a cowshed.

  • You need to be able to harvest the milk, and as the video below shows, a mobile cowshed does not need to be expensive and can be very basic.

    Blog text (15)
  • Just like a standard dairy farm, you will need 50 cows, a cowshed, and some land.

    Blog text (15)
  • "But we don't need clean hands," Michael argued, "we're going to the cowshed to play with the pigs."

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Because the cows will be milked with a mobile cowshed, you can move the herd from block to block.

    Blog text (15)
  • Well, what are you doing creeping around a cowshed at two o'clock in the morning?

  • Then the cow would come waltzing into the cowshed and happily give all the milk she had.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The cowshed in the video isn't the fastest way to milk cows.

    Blog text (15)
  • I'm not talking about cows that should be culled for welfare reasons, but on every farm I have worked on, we have had a few cows that seem to live in the sick paddock, close to the cowshed.

    Blog text (15)
  • I poured the water out of the pot, went to the cowshed and fetched a rubber pipe, attached it to the tap, lifted the empty pot onto the stove, inserted the mouth of the pipe into the pot, and the days of hard labor were over.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

barn
vscowshed
363 1.0

A large farm building for storing hay or keeping animals

is narrower, meaning specifically a shelter for cattle
stable
vscowshed
110 1.0

A building on a farm where horses or other animals live and are kept safe

is for cattle housing specifically rather than for horses
cow barn
vscowshed
1 1.2

A barn where cows are kept for shelter or milking

refers to cattle housing more generally, not only milking situations
byre
vscowshed
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A building where cows are kept

is the general word for the same cattle shelter
cowhouse
vscowshed
  • Archaic
3.7

A building, often a barn, where people keep cows

is the general, neutral term for that housing
cowbarn
vscowshed
2.5

A barn where cows stay for shelter and milking

focuses on general cattle housing rather than milking purpose
shippen
vscowshed
  • Archaic
9.9

A building where cows are kept

is the modern neutral name rather than the archaic label

How Big

cattle farm
1 1.6
barn
363 1.0
cowshed
  • UK
1 2.4
shelter
253 1.0
lean-to
6 6.7

Surface Forms

cowshed singular
cowsheds plural

Morphology

cowshed = cow + shed (transparent) = cow + shed

Direct compound of 'cow' + 'shed'; the meaning 'a shelter for cows' is immediately inferable.

Etymology

Cowshed is simply cow + shed, meaning 'a shed for cows'. So a cowshed is a small building where cows live or rest and stay safe from bad weather.