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Hovel
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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. A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. Knight.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To put in a hovel; to shelter. To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. Shak. The poor are hoveled and hustled together. Tennyson.