Cowhouse

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A house (barn or shed) for keeping cows.

    "A colony of Elves had taken up their abode under the floor of the cowhouse, or, it is more likely, were there before it was made a cowhouse."

  2. 2
    a barn for cows wordnet

Synonyms

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byrecowbarncowshedcow barncowbarncowshed

Example

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"The cowhouse and piggeries were very clean, and all the buildings were of excellent design and well-built."

Etymology

From Middle English cowhous, cowehous, equivalent to cow + house.

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