We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.ContinueFind out more
A short three-legged stool, of a kind traditionally used while milking cows.
‘He remembered he had often cursed the brindle cow and her mates, and had sometimes flung milking stools.’
‘General police psychology is like a three-legged milking stool with one short leg.’
‘Where does your average Kansas milk maid possibly find herself a milking stool in these days when hi-tech machines have taken over from the traditional practice?’
‘Skilled woodworkers would also be adept at making two other items in John's series: shepherd's crooks and milking stools.’
‘The overflow had assembled into lawn chairs and milking stools, and stretched out in masses as if waiting for the five fishes to be subdivided.’
‘She heads for the cow, giving her some hay and oats before getting down onto the milking stool.’