dairymaids
Farm milk workers
Dairymaids is the plural of dairymaid—a woman employed to milk cows and make butter and cheese.
The term belongs to an earlier era of small-scale farming before mechanization: The dairymaids rose before dawn to begin the milking.
It survives mainly in historical contexts and pastoral imagery.
Extracting animal dairy fluid
- churningAgitated circular motion
- butterSolid fat from cream
- cheeseFermented milk solid
- creameryButter-making facility
pails · buckets · apron · farm · cattle · cows · udders · stool
Of countryside or clergy care
- bucolicIdyllically rural
- idyllicPerfectly peaceful and charming
- TessShortened feminine name
- HardyName connoting toughness
romanticism · innocence · poetry · folklore · ballad · shepherdess · wholesome · virtue
Of a prim era
- ruralOf the countryside
- servantOne employed to serve
- domesticOf the home
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
peasant · traditional · bonnet · preindustrial · agrarian · cottage · manor · estate
Traditional community music
- nursery rhymeTraditional poem for young children
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- costumeClothing for portrayal
- festivalOrganized public celebration
heritage · reenactment · living history · museum · demonstration · craft · artisan · Dutch
milking
Extracting animal dairy fluid
creamery · pails · buckets · apron · farm · cattle · cows · udders · stool · separating
pastoral
Of countryside or clergy care
Hardy · romanticism · innocence · poetry · folklore · ballad · shepherdess · wholesome · virtue · simplicity
Victorian
Of a prim era
countryside · peasant · traditional · bonnet · preindustrial · agrarian · cottage · manor · estate · folk
folk song
Traditional community music
- nursery rhymeTraditional poem for young children
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- costumeClothing for portrayal
festival · heritage · reenactment · living history · museum · demonstration · craft · artisan · Dutch · Scandinavian
dairymaidslandowners
Holders of real property
farmers · dairy farmers · gentry · landed gentry · farm managers
dairymaidsshepherdesses
Women who tend flocks
swineherds · field hands · shepherds · goatherds · crop workers