Hovel Definition
hŭvəl, hŏv-
hoveled, hovel, hovelled, hovelling, hovels
noun
hovels
A low, open shed as for sheltering animals or storing supplies or equipment.
Webster's New World
Any small, miserable dwelling; hut.
Webster's New World
verb
hovelled, hovelling, hovels
To shelter in a hovel.
Webster's New World
To put in a hovel; to shelter.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Hovel
Noun
Singular:
hovel
Plural:
hovelsOrigin of Hovel
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From Middle English hovel, hovil, hovylle, diminutive of Old English hof (“an enclosure, court, dwelling, house”), from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“arch, bend, buckle”), equivalent to howf + -el. Cognate with Dutch hof (“garden, court”), German Hof (“yard, garden, court, palace”), Icelandic hof (“temple, hall”). Related to hove and hover.
From Wiktionary
Middle English hut
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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