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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Hovel

/hŭv'-əl/ · Hov·el · IPA /ˈhɑvəl/
01 n. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
  1. 1.
    An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
  2. 2.
    A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
  3. 3.
    A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.(Porcelain Manuf.)
02 v. t. To put in a hovel; to shelter.
imp. & p. p. Hoveled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoveling
  1. 1.
    To put in a hovel; to shelter.
    “To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon.” Shak.
    “The poor are hoveled and hustled together.” Tennyson.