Cowdung

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The excrement of a cow. uncountable

    "The walls, which are fixed direct into the ground without a plinth, are made of wattle and plastered with a thin lair of mud or cowdung."

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"The walls, which are fixed direct into the ground without a plinth, are made of wattle and plastered with a thin lair of mud or cowdung."

Etymology

From Middle English cowedong, kowe donge; equivalent to cow + dung.

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