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Definition of Hovel
1. Noun. Small crude shelter used as a dwelling.
Specialized synonyms: Igloo, Iglu, Mudhif
Generic synonyms: Shelter
Derivative terms: Shack
Definition of Hovel
1. n. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
2. v. t. To put in a hovel; to shelter.
Definition of Hovel
1. Noun. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. ¹
2. Noun. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut. ¹
3. Noun. In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To put in a hovel; to shelter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hovel
1. to live in a small, miserable dwelling [v -ELED, -ELING, -ELS or -ELLED, -ELLING, -ELS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hovel
Literary usage of Hovel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"Nearly the whole of the house was hidden. Only the dooi and one window could be
seen. This hovel was only one slory high. ..."
2. Reports of Cases Determined in the Several Courts of Westminster-hall, from by William Blackstone, Charles Heneage Elsley, James Clitherow (1828)
"Or to any hovel,' Sec. is a distinct branch of the sentence. In its present
acceptation, hovel is a shed put up in a field for sheltering cattle or utensils ..."
3. Forest Life and Forest Trees: Comprising Winter Camp-life Among the Loggers by John S. Springer (1851)
"Method of constructing Camp and hovel.—Timber.—Covering.—Arrangement of Interior.
... Ox hovel.—Substitute for Lime.—The Devotedness of the Teamster. ..."
4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"traces of his dwelling exist: but a wretched hovel and a pair of shoes are still
pointed out to pilgrims. The commercial importance of Godna dates from the ..."
5. Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists by Elbert Hubbard (1902)
"Art happens — no hovel is safe from it, no Prince may depend upon it, the vastest
intelligence cannot bring it ..."
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