hovel

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To put in a hovel; to shelter.
  • 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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