Cowboylager

English translation: cowboy camp

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German term or phrase:Cowboylager
English translation:cowboy camp
Entered by: BirgitBerlin

17:56 Jun 5, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino / Wild West Video Game
German term or phrase: Cowboylager
In einem Wald am Rande der Relaisstation stoßen(character's names) auf ein Cowboylager.

I know one can say campsite, but isn't there a more specific term associated with cowboys? I just can't think of it right now! Any help would be greatly appreciated
Courtney Sliwinski
Local time: 17:04
cowboy camp
Explanation:
a camp for cowboys...
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BirgitBerlin
Germany
Local time: 17:04
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5cowboy camp
BirgitBerlin
4cowboy campfire
Maureen Millington-Brodie
4line cabin/way station
Rebecca Garber


Discussion entries: 3





  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
cowboy camp


Explanation:
a camp for cowboys...

BirgitBerlin
Germany
Local time: 17:04
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JSolis
20 mins
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agree  Michele Fauble
23 mins
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agree  Darin Fitzpatrick: Or campsite. It might be part of a "cattle drive," but that's a whole trip and not referred to in the original.
2 hrs
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agree  Ken Cox: further to Darin's comment: to me 'cowboy camp' suggests that cowboys are present at the site, while 'cowboy campsite' suggests that no cowboys are present at the site at the particular time..
5 hrs
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agree  Woodstock (X): "set up camp" and "break camp" are the terms familiar from my youth when Westerns were very popular TV and movie fare
21 hrs
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cowboy campfire


Explanation:
they usually sleep around a fire in westerns and this is what the whole thing would be referred to as

Maureen Millington-Brodie
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:04
Native speaker of: English
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1 day 4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
line cabin/way station


Explanation:
If this building is associated with a ranch.

A typical line cabin included: bunkhouse, cooking area, storage sheds and barn that were used by cowboys who were riding the fences of the ranch that owned the line cabin. They were often vacant for weeks at a time, depending on where the cattle were.
I know cabin sounds like just one building, but they had several outbuildings, because they were designed to be independent entities for the months that they were in use.
They tended to be several hours ride from the main ranch, making 'commuting' unpopular.

If your building is associated with the relay station, then this would by a way station, again a series of buildings including a main building, storage sheds, and a barn. Again, this is supposed to function as an independent entity, far enough away from the relay station that the commute is unpopular. It would have a smallish staff who would be in residence intermittently, depending on the stage schedules.

Rebecca Garber
Local time: 12:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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