To construct a chimney so as to prevent smoking, by making two of the more exposed walls higher than the others, or making an opening on one side near the top.
Origin
From Middle English hovel, hovil, hovylle, diminutive of Old English hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufÄ…, from Proto-Indo-European *kewp-, equivalent to howf + -el. Cognate with Dutch hof, German Hof, Icelandic hof. Related to hove and hover.
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