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Hovel

Hovel Meaning & Definition
Hovel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hovel?

[n] small crude shelter used as a dwelling

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hovel: hut | hutch | shack | shanty

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hovel: Augean stables | burrow | coop | crib | dump | hole | hut | hutch | pesthole | pigpen | pigsty | plague spot | rookery | shack | shanty | slum | stable | sty | tenement | the slums | tumbledown shack | warren

See Also | igloo | iglu | shelter

Hovel In Webster's Dictionary

\Hov"el\, n. [OE. hovel, hovil, prob. a dim. fr. AS. hof house; akin to D. & G. hof court, yard, Icel. hof temple; cf. Prov. E. hove to take shelter, heuf shelter, home.] 1. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. --Brande & C. 2. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut. 3. (Porcelain Manuf.) A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. --Knight.
\Hov"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoveled}or {Hovelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoveling} or {Hovelling}.] To put in a hovel; to shelter. To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. --Shak. The poor are hoveled and hustled together. --Tennyson.

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