Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Cowboylager
English translation:
cowboy camp
German term
The right words for the right price
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, English to German
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
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BirgitBerlin
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| 4 | cowboy campfire |
Maureen Millington-Brodie
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| 4 | line cabin/way station |
Rebecca Garber
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Jun 7, 2007 07:52: BirgitBerlin Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
Germany
Travel & Tourism, Marketing, Technical
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English
cowboy camp
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JSolis
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Michele Fauble
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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.
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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..
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Woodstock (X)
: "set up camp" and "break camp" are the terms familiar from my youth when Westerns were very popular TV and movie fare
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United Kingdom
33 years of experience
Native in: English
Works in: Arabic to English, German to English
cowboy campfire
fluency in engineering
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, Latin to English, German Middle High (ca.1050-1500) to English, and 2 more.
line cabin/way station
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.
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