milking stool

noun

1. 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.

milking stool

noun

1. a low three-legged stool

Word History and Origins

Origin of milking stool¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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A few moments afterward the farmer rose from his milking stool, where he had been sitting waiting, and went to the door.

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We dont care so very much about the milking-stool, either, she added, laughing.

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Then he went to the milk-room and got the big milk pails and his milking-stool.

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