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milking shed

British  

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

It came from behind a group of apple trees down the lane in the direction of the milking shed.

From Flamsted quarries by Nelson, G. Patrick

The "cow pen" and milking shed were not visible, hidden on the edge of a plateau running far away to a stretch of primeval, lonely pine woods crossed only by cattle paths.

From A Speckled Bird by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans

They were walking across the fields from the milking shed, the girl carrying the cream for supper.

From '?19,000' by Delannoy, Burford

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