milking parlour

plural milking parlours · alternative US milking parlor

1. UKA large room (in a barn) designed for the mechanical milking of cows.

   Holonyms: barn < dairy farm < farm

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   Two North American models (Rodenburg 2002, Rotz et al., 2003) suggest that on large farms, as the hours of use of large automated milking parlours increase, their relative economic advantage over AM-systems increases.

   2004, Albert Meijering, Automatic Milking: A Better Understanding, page 35