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milking shed

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noun

  1. a building in which a herd of cows is milked Compare parlour

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Simply adding grooves to the concrete on which cows walk to and from the milking shed, can improve their stability and reduce their chance of becoming lame, he says.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2022

As cow number 2073 makes her way out of the milking shed and passes in front of a nearby camera, the computer identifies her and watches every step.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2022

He found Judith in the milking shed, and while he talked to her there Douglas engaged his father's attention in the living-room.

From Judith of the Godless Valley by Honoré Morrow

Some cows going down a lane toward their milking shed, mooed in a dispirited and thirsty way, which made the children feel thirsty also.

From What Katy Did at School by Susan Coolidge

When the maids passed the paddock, on the way to the milking shed, they also stopped: "See, Stina, there is Herr Triddelsitz's mule!"

From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Fritz Reuter

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