milkshed

Meaning

Noun

• A region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand with practical (competitively advantageous) speed and cost of transport.
• A shed in which animals are milked. (Contrast milkhouse, a building or portion thereof where milk is cooled and stored pending transport.)

Origin

• From milk + shed, by analogy with watershed.
• From milk + shed, as analogous with woodshed or toolshed.