cowsense

Noun

1. An instinctive ability to work well with cattle.
   • The data tabulated from the replies on the question blanks show in general that there must be a co-ordination of all the factors conducive to the production of high quality milk, coupled with good sound “cowsense” on...
   • He is uneducated, but possesses a quality too many of our college boys lack, viz., “cowsense” and stable experience. - 1918, Jersey Bulletin - Volume 37, Issue 1, page 866:
   • Quannah was a handsome horse, well put up, with disposition and cowsense galore. - 1975, Jan Haddle, The Complete Book of the Appaloosa, page 157:
2. Intelligence on the part of a cattle beast.
   • The Longhorn cow remained to become the founder of an empire. She matched wits with the wilderness, met claw and fang with horns and cowsense. - 1975, Orville K. Sweet, Birth of a Breed: The History of Polled Herefords,...