cowhouse

English

Etymology

From Middle English cowhous, cowehous, equivalent to cow +‎ house.

Noun

cowhouse (plural cowhouses)

  1. A house or barn for keeping cows.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 42:
      When he had churned some time he recollected that the cow, which they kept at home, hadn't been let out of the cow-house, and hadn't had a straw of hay or anything to drink, although it was late in the day.

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