ˈcow-house
A house in which cows are sheltered or stabled; a cowshed, byre, or shippon.
| 1530 Palsgr. 209/2 Cowe house, uacherie. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 243/2 In the Cow-House, a Boosee is the space between Range and Cratch. 1760–72 tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. (ed. 3) I. 235 I was obliged to remain in a cow-house on that mountain. 1883 Daily News 3 Oct. 2/2 A great variety of cowhouse fittings. |