hovel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small crude shelter used as a dwelling
    hut; shack; hutch; shanty.

WordNet

Hov"el noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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 transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Hoveled or Hovelled; present participle & verbal noun Hoveling or Hovelling
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913