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cowlift

cowlift noun: a hoist for lifting cattle.

Noun

cowlift (plural cowlifts)

  1. A hoist for lifting cattle.
    • I pinched a cowlift over Jewel's hipbones. Then we took a chainfall and hooked it to an overhead beam and then to the cowlift.2006, Duff Brenna, The Book of Mamie, page 195

Forms of cowlift

pluralcowlifts
alternative formcow lift

Origin of cowlift

From cow + lift.

Questions about cowlift

What does cowlift mean?
Cowlift means a hoist for lifting cattle.
What part of speech is cowlift?
Cowlift is a noun.
What is the plural of cowlift?
The plural of cowlift is cowlifts.

Words near cowlift in the dictionary

  1. Cowleyan
  2. Cowleys
  3. cowlick
  4. cowlicked
  5. cowlicks
  6. cowlift
  7. cowlifts
  8. cowlike
  9. Cowlin
  10. cowling
  11. cowlings

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