(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:46:40

Cow"catch`er, n.

A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot.

[U.S.]

 

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