Hov"el (?), n. [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.]
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.
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Hov"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoveled (?) or Hovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoveling or Hovelling.]
To put in a hovel; to shelter.
To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon.
Shak.
The poor are hoveled and hustled together.
Tennyson.
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