Meanings
cowpool1
plural cowpools
- A pond used by cows.
Dried snot on the marijuana pipe tossed into the cowpool built with government subsidy on a Vermont commune.
1986, Hortense Calisher, The Bobby-Soxer, Doubleday, published 1986, →ISBN, page 278
cowpool2
plural cowpools
- A group that engages in cowpooling.
Others have created so-called "cowpools" to divvy up an entire animal and dole out cuts of meat.
2008 August 10, Peter Andrey Smith, “The ABCs of the New CSAs”, in Gourmet
present singular third person cowpools · participle present cowpooling · participle past cowpooled · past cowpooled
- To jointly purchase all or part of a butchered cow with one or more additional parties and split the meat.
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.
2011 June 22, Lukas Johnson, “Company connects local food movement”, in Lake Norman News
Origin
cowpool · noun, verb
From cow + pool (“to put together”), by analogy with carpool.
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