| 单词 | milk gap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmilk gap milk gap n. U.S. regional a pen, esp. a small one in a pasture, where cows are milked; an opening in a fence, etc., through which cows are brought to be milked. ΚΠ 1914 M. W. Morley Carolina Mountains 172 In some places the people still go to the ‘milking gap’ to milk the cows.] 1937 Hall Coll. in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) (at cited word) Milk gap, a place where cows are penned for milking. 1938 J. Stuart Beyond Dark Hills 58 I told her my plans at the milk gap every evening after spring came on and the cows were turned out on the grass. 1982 P. M. Ginns Snowbird Gravy & Dishpan Pie 171 You know, there aren't many people know what a milk gap is. It's a kind of fenced in little place. Maybe the cows are all in the pasture, and you call 'em in to milk 'em. And you get 'em in this little corral. < as lemmas |
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