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cow·shed

 (kou′shĕd′)
n.
A shed for housing cows.
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cowshed

(ˈkaʊʃɛd)
n
(Agriculture) a shed in which cattle are kept or milked
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cow•shed

(ˈkaʊˌʃɛd)

n.
a shed serving as a shelter for cows.
[1825–35]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.cowshed - a barn for cowscowshed - a barn for cows      
barn - an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
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Translations
tehénistálló
koeiestalkoestal
staul de vaci

cowshed

[ˈkaʊʃed] Nestablo m
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cowshed

[ˈkaʊʃɛd] nétable f
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cowshed

[ˈkaʊˌʃed] nstalla
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References in classic literature ?
The German laughed, came out of the cowshed, pulled off his cap, and waving it above his head cried:
Rostov waved his cap above his head like the German and ctied laughing, "Und vivat die ganze Welt!" Though neither the German cleaning his cowshed nor Rostov back with his platoon from foraging for hay had any reason for rejoicing, they looked at each other with joyful delight and brotherly love, wagged their heads in token of their mutual affection, and parted smiling, the German returning to his cowshed and Rostov going to the cottage he occupied with Denisov.
A young man asked Jerry to bring his trap into the meadow, and he would tie me up in the cowshed; he wished he had a better stable to offer.
An old woman suddenly appeared on the threshold of one of the cabins, and the young peasant girl passed on into a cowshed, with a gesture that pointed out the aforesaid old woman, towards whom Genestas went; taking care at the same time to keep a tight hold on his horse, lest the children who were already running about under his hoofs should be hurt.
A few minutes afterwards the woman went to the cowshed, and through a crack in the wall she saw in the stable adjoining he had made a noose of his sash from the beam, stood on a block of wood, and was trying to put his neck in the noose.
CARDIFF.BASED PR and marketing agency Cowshed has launched a new internship initiative for black, Asian and ethnic minority groups.
Summary: Doda (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jun 7 (ANI): The army and police, in a joint operation, recovered a cache of ammunition form a cowshed during a search operation in Bhaleesa area here on Friday.
He added: "I have known him since the Cowshed days when he was 15 or 16.
A FARMER has to pay a PS30,000 court bill after a friend who was working for him died after he fell through a cowshed sky light.
'The reports that we have is that the deceased tried to open the door in order to peep at what was happening at the cowshed when the gang pounced on him and strangled him to death.
ISLAMABAD -- Indian troops during a siege and search operation set ablaze three houses and a cowshed in Turkiwangam area of Shopian district in Indian occupied Kashmir Wednesday night.
The partial remains of an infant were discovered behind a cowshed near here yesterday.