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Webster 1913 Edition

Hovel

Hov′el

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
The poor are
hoveled
and hustled together.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hovel

HOV'EL

,
Noun.
A shed; a cottage; a mean house.

HOV'EL

,
Verb.
T.
To put in a hovel; to shelter.

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