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Definition of Milch cow
1. Noun. Cattle that are reared for their milk.
Generic synonyms: Bos Taurus, Cattle, Cows, Kine, Oxen
Specialized synonyms: Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Jersey, Milking Shorthorn, Friesian, Holstein, Holstein-friesian, Guernsey
Definition of Milch cow
1. Noun. A cow kept for milking; a dairy cow ¹
2. Noun. A cow that produces milk (having had at least one calf) ¹
3. Noun. A cash cow ¹
4. Noun. A German submarine designed to carry large cargoes of supplies & transfer them to other submarines ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Milch Cow
Literary usage of Milch cow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by Michigan State Highway Dept (1909)
"A county with poor roads in the country and fine streets in the cities and villages
reminds me of a new milch cow with an abnormal udder. ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer (1828)
"A modus of \\d. for every milch cow if under seven, kept and fed on the lands,
in lieu of the tithe of milk and calves of such cows; Us. ! ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
"But as milk is a common and useful article of diet, and as probably the cheapest
way for a farmer to obtain it is to own a milch cow. such animals might be ..."
4. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1860)
"Flora, a milch cow, entered and owned by James Buckingham, of Duncan's Falls,
Muskingum county, Ohio, was calved October, 1852, and at the date of her last ..."
5. Milch Cows and Dairy Farming, Comprising the Breeds, Breeding, and by Thomas Horsfall, Charles Louis Flint (1888)
"A Good milch cow. ceding class the marks of good health and excellent constitution
with those of a gentle ..."
6. The Statutes of Ohio and of the Northwestern Territory, Adopted Or Enacted by Ohio, Salmon Portland Chase, Northwest Territory (1833)
"... necessary for him or herself and family, and tools necessary for hie or her
trade, or occupation, and one milch cow, if he or she be a house-holder, ..."
7. Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a Pioneer in the Path of Empire, 1822-1903 by Stephen Bonsal (1912)
"Colton as Alcalde of Monterey—The milch cow "Eschews" to the Court—Sutter's
Mill-race and the Golden Sands—Conditions of Life in El Dorado—The Rev. ..."
8. The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh by Great Britain (1763)
"... of A milch cow the purification of our Lady, upon his or her ... one milch
cow, and breed, rear and waine yearly, and keep for one ..."
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