HOVELLING
HOVEL
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hovelling (uncountable)
A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two.
Source: Wiktionary
HOVEL
Hov"el, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns
are grouped. Knight.
Hov"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoveled or Hovelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hoveling or Hovelling.]
Definition: To put in a hovel; to shelter.
To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. Shak.
The poor are hoveled and hustled together. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition