cowbarn

English

Etymology

From cow +‎ barn.

Noun

cowbarn (plural cowbarns)

1. A barn for cows.
   • 1891 June 12, F. C., “Alfred, Me.”, in The Manifesto, volume XXI, number 7, published July 1891, page 161, column 2:

     275 feet of pipes have been laid from dairy to cowbarn to convey the milk after it has passed through the Separator, back to the barn, while it is still warm just right for the calves.

   • 1894 February, Walter Mitchell, “Two Strings to his Bow. In Two Parts. Part One.”, in The Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics, volume LXXIII, number CCCCXXXVI, page 181, column 1:

     They found an old coat of his this morning on the bank by Manter’s cowbarn,—boy brought it up to the rectory; […]

   • 1902, C[harles] W[illiam] Wooldridge, chapter X, in Perfecting the Earth: A Piece of Possible History, Cleveland, Ohio: The Utopia Publishing Company, page 108:

     Here, as has been mentioned, the manure from the cowbarns is thrown out daily and dried in the sunshine, a process favored through the greater part of the year by the aridity of the climate.

   • 1906, Writer and Engraver’s Picture of Graham County’s Progress since Its Organization, Topeka, Kan.: F. M. Steves & Sons, […], page 76:

     Aside from the $4500 residence, $5000 has been spent in other improvements such as stable, cowbarns, fences and ice house.

   • 1921 June 10, Hoard’s Dairyman, page 869:

     The deadly gasses from dung in the cowbarn ruin her digestion—poison her hay and other foods—sap her vitality and prevent her from giving you a maximum supply of good milk. Ventilate Your Cowbarn with an ILG FARM BARN POWER VENTILATOR

   • 1998, Martha Wells, chapter 10, in The Death of the Necromancer, Avon Eos, →ISBN, pages 137 and 140:

     Most had vines creeping up their walls and gardens or large courts with old cowbarns and dovecotes, relics of the time when they were farmsteads in open country, before the town had expanded to embrace them. […] It was of light-colored stone, two stories with a stable or cowbarn tucked in below and an old dovecote rising like a tower to one side.

   • 2002, James S. Benedict, The House of Harding: A Novel, JB Press Company, →ISBN, pages 104 and 221:

     While walking in the orchard a few days later, the boys took a shortcut to the cowbarns. […] The cowbarn was below in the back of the house with several cattle in the barnyard.

Synonyms

• byre, cowhouse

Coordinate terms

• horsebarn, cowshed