Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hovel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hovel \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hovel \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hovel
n : small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: {hut}, {hutch},
{shack}, {shanty}]
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