cowshed

noun

cow·​shed ˈkau̇-ˌshed How to pronounce cowshed (audio)
: a shed for the housing of cows

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The resort boasts several dining venues, including a restaurant outfitted with a window onto one of the farm’s cowsheds. Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025 Farmhouses, chicken coops and cowsheds stood empty, their roofs and walls collapsed, their foundations overgrown. Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 6 June 2023 My father built our country home inside the farm’s original cowshed. Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 12 Dec. 2017

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First Known Use

1763, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cowshed was in 1763

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“Cowshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cowshed. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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