Hovel

Definition of Hovel

Hov´el

n.	1.	An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
	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.
v. t.	1.	To put in a hovel; to shelter. [imp. & p. p. Hoveled or Hovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoveling or Hovelling.] To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. - Shak. The poor are hoveled and hustled together. - Tennyson.

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