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cowshed

American  
[kau-shed] / ˈkaʊˌʃɛd /

noun

  1. a shed serving as a shelter for cows.


Etymology

Origin of cowshed

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


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These days the cowshed where the couple were found dead has been converted into a sitting room by the new owner of the house.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2023

He, Hunt, and I were standing in a more recent structure a few feet away, a hangar-size cowshed with a corrugated-metal roof.

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

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

And her dress looked ridiculous out in the cowshed and that was fact too.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

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