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milking stool

noun

  1. a low, usually three-legged stool with a flat seat in the shape of a half circle, used by a person when milking a cow.


milking stool

noun

  1. a low three-legged stool
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of milking stool1

First recorded in 1820–30
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Example Sentences

Then Uncle John put the milking-stool down by a cow, and the pail was between his knees, resting on the end of the stool.

The milking-stool was a little stool that had three legs, and one of the legs was shorter than the other two, so that it sloped.

A few moments afterward the farmer rose from his milking stool, where he had been sitting waiting, and went to the door.

We dont care so very much about the milking-stool, either, she added, laughing.

Then he went to the milk-room and got the big milk pails and his milking-stool.

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