Cowkeeper
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A smallholder who keeps one or several milk cows to fulfill household needs and earn some sales but is not a dairyer in the sense of running a herd of dozens or hundreds.
"Utilisation of sugarcane tops / Although some cane tops have always been used as a roughage feed, particularly in the past by smallholder cowkeepers, they are probably the most underutilised of all sugarcane by-products. Options for the use of cane tops are feeding as fresh material; ensiling fresh and/or wilted material for future feed use; and leaving in the field to dry followed by baling."
- 2 A cowherd; a cowman; a dairyer. archaic
Synonyms
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More examples"Utilisation of sugarcane tops / Although some cane tops have always been used as a roughage feed, particularly in the past by smallholder cowkeepers, they are probably the most underutilised of all sugarcane by-products. Options for the use of cane tops are feeding as fresh material; ensiling fresh and/or wilted material for future feed use; and leaving in the field to dry followed by baling."
Etymology
From cow + keeper.
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