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cowpen

noun

Etymology

From cow + pen.

  1. derived from *péth₂r̥✻ — “feather, wing”
  2. derived from penna — “feather”
  3. derived from penne
  4. derived from penne
  5. inherited from penne
  6. formed as cowpen — “cow + pen”

Definitions

  1. An enclosed area used to hold cows.

    • These burrs stuck to the tails of the cows as they walked by, and were brought to the cowpen, the cowtails greatly enlarged by the huge amount of cockleburs stuck on them.

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