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

Word History and Origins

Origin of milking stool¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

At supper that evening, Pa brought in the milking stool for John to sit on.

From Literature

At his feet, a walnut milking stool, which he had built himself.

From New York Times

Lots of times Mama came out there to the barn shed and sat on the milking stool just to watch us.

From Literature

She found an old milking stool that had been discarded, and she placed the stool in the sheepfold next to Wilbur’s pen.

From Literature

The picture contains endless scenes of Streisand fishing for the audience’s compliments, playing gawky when we can see all along that she’s glam; it is the stuff of Marie Antoinette at the milking stool.

From The Guardian