milking stool

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noun

a low, usually three-legged stool with a flat seat in the shape of a half circle, used by a person when milking a cow.

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Origin of milking stool

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby milking stool

milk glass, milk gravy, milking machine, milking parlor, milking shed, milking stool, milk lameness, milk leg, milkmaid, milkman, milk mushroom

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How to use milking stool in a sentence

Then Uncle John put the milking-stool down by a cow, and the pail was between his knees, resting on the end of the stool.
The Sandman: His Farm Stories|William J. Hopkins
The milking-stool was a little stool that had three legs, and one of the legs was shorter than the other two, so that it sloped.
The Sandman: His Farm Stories|William J. Hopkins
A few moments afterward the farmer rose from his milking stool, where he had been sitting waiting, and went to the door.
Moni the Goat Boy and Other Stories|Johanna Spyri
We dont care so very much about the milking-stool, either, she added, laughing.
Wheat and Huckleberries|Charlotte Marion (White) Vaile

Then he went to the milk-room and got the big milk pails and his milking-stool.
The Sandman: His Farm Stories|William J. Hopkins

British Dictionary definitions for milking stool

milking stool

noun

a low three-legged stool

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