Citations:cowpool

Noun: "a pond used by cows"

 * 1881 — Theodore Howard Galton, Madeleine De S. Pol.: A Glimpse of Worcestershire at the Dawn of the Nineteenth Century, Burns and Oates (1881), page 199:
 * After performing this deed in the darkness of the night the men proceeded to dig a grave close beneath the western wall of the barn, of which the outer side was washed by the waters of a cowpool.
 * 1986 — Hortense Calisher, The Bobby-Soxer, Doubleday (1986), ISBN 9780385184267, page 278:
 * Dried snot on the marijuana pipe tossed into the cowpool built with government subsidy on a Vermont commune.
 * 2000 — Alan Michael Whitworth, Hadrian's Wall: Some Aspects of Its Post-Roman Influence on the Landscape, Archaeopress (2000), ISBN 9781841710532, page 43:
 * John Sandhoe, yeoman, aged 60 years, stated that part of the boundaries of East Matfen were "then flat south upon ye dyke of Weltden Fogg Closes to ye Roman Wall nigh to ye loaning that comes from Weltden town and so up ye Roman Wall near a place called ye Seggy syke to a place in ye north dyke of ye westmost close of Weltden grounds where he hath generally heard reported there stood a cross called ye Stobby Cross and from hence further westerward to Weltden cowpool on ye west corner of Weltden grounds

Noun: "a group that engages in cowpooling"

 * 2008 — Peter Andrey Smith, "The ABCs of the New CSAs", Gourmet, 10 August 2008:
 * Others have created so-called "cowpools" to divvy up an entire animal and dole out cuts of meat.

Verb: "to jointly purchase all or part of a butchered cow with one or more additional parties and split the meat"

 * 2009 — "'Cowpooling' saves money by buying beef in bulk", The Grand Rapids Press, 3 August 2009 (image caption):
 * Rafter "cowpools," or buys the beef from a cow with other people.
 * 2009 — Jessica A. Knoblauch, "The Price of Cheap", EMagazine.com, 31 December 2009:
 * Consumers can also form co-ops that support organic and local growers. Some have even started "cowpooling"—buying meat from a whole cow as a group to lower the cost of grass-fed beef and ensure quality.
 * 2011 — Lukas Johnson, "Company connects local food movement", Lake Norman News, 22 June 2011:
 * 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.