cowshed
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cowshed
Example Sentences
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A robot slurry scraper travels up and down the cowshed at regular intervals, pushing any manure through the slatted floor into the vast storage pit below.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
A short distance down the rocky lake shore, the sheep parted, allowing us to drive on to Vogafjos, a farm-based resort with a restaurant in a working cowshed.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2022
With them on, I could explore a cowshed like the one I’d visited at Stephen Lawlor’s farm.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2018
“If I’ve been busy in my cowshed, then I’m already coated in manure!”
From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2018
The dress was ridiculous before it ever got to the cowshed.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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