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
I watched from the shadow of a cowshed, since on that hill there were no trees.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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