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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.

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

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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