cowhouse

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cowhouse

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

noun cowhouses · cow-house · cow house

A house (barn or shed) for keeping cows. A colony of Elves had taken up their abode under the floor of the cowhouse, or, it is more likely, were there before it was made a cowhouse.
Similar: byre, cowbarn, cowshed

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@misc{cowhouse_2026,
  title = {cowhouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cowhouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}