cowshednoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkaʊ.ʃed/us/ˈkaʊ.ʃed/a building where cows are kept while they are milked (= have milk taken from them) or where they are kept during winter or bad weather
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal Dwellings - man-made
- apiary
- aquarium
- aviary
- birdcage
- birdhouse
- cage
- dovecote
- fish tank
- fishbowl
- fold
- goldfish bowl
- hatchery
- hive
- pigeon loft
- pigpen
- pigsty
- sanctuary
- stabling
- stall
- stockyard
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Examples from literature
- Both stables and cowsheds had been carefully swept across the yard.
- He slept in open fields, in cowsheds, in haystacks, occasionally finding lodging in a convent.
- The men were in the cowsheds.
- The path, after passing the cowshed, bisected the plantation.
- There were two cowsheds, one on either side of the barn.