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An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.

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  1. n. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
  2. n. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
  3. n. A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.
  4. v. t. To put in a hovel; to shelter.
  5. n. small crude shelter used as a dwelling
  6. 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. To put in a hovel; to shelter. To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. Shak. The poor are hoveled and hustled together. Tennyson.
  7. A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilnsare grouped. Knight.
  8. n:100 n. small crude shelter used as a dwelling