West a seasonal camp some distance from the main buildings of a ranch, used at roundup time for branding, vaccinating, etc.
- 1897  Mr. Fawcett has put up a new stable and house at his cow camp and Mrs. Fawcett will reside there during the summer months.
- 1954  My partner, S. J. Webb, and I have purchased . . . the "cow camp" on a spring-fed creek at the head of Bear Lake.
- 1962  How much more he suffered, then, in the hard school of the hayfield and the cow camp where only performance counted. . . .