• Cowpool

    Origin 1

    cow + pool("small body of water").

    Full definition of cowpool

    Noun

    cowpool

    (plural cowpools)
    1. A pond used by cows.
      • 1986, Hortense Calisher, The Bobby-Soxer, Doubleday (1986), ISBN 9780385184267, page 278:Dried snot on the marijuana pipe tossed into the cowpool built with government subsidy on a Vermont commune.

    Origin 2

    cow + pool("to put together"), by analogy with carpool.

    Noun

    cowpool

    (plural cowpools)
    1. A group that engages in cowpooling.
      • 2008, Peter Andrey Smith, "The ABCs of the New CSAs", Gourmet, 10 August 2008:Others have created so-called "cowpools" to divvy up an entire animal and dole out cuts of meat.

    Verb

    1. To jointly purchase all or part of a butchered cow with one or more additional parties and split the meat.
      • 2011, Lukas Johnson, "Company connects local food movement", Lake Norman News, 22 June 2011:Brandee Callahan, 32, has lived in Huntersville for about two years and has ordered from GO Local for a year. She cowpools about every three months and supplements with smaller orders.
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