cowshed

American  

[kou-shed] / ˈkaʊˌʃɛd /

noun

1. a shed serving as a shelter for cows.

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Etymology

Origin of cowshed

First recorded in 1825–35; cow ¹ + shed ¹

Example Sentences

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

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

In Leena Sharma’s case, she ended up with about 37 acres, a portion of which she co-owned with her sister, including farmland, a tiny temple and a ramshackle cowshed.

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2016

Another day begins at Camp Diamante, with low but strong sunlight on the roof of a cowshed next to our quarters, from which “ranchera” accordion music drifts across the savannah morning.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2016

He started with the old issues of the Chicago Defender boxed up at the back of the cowshed.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez