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hovel noun1. LME.
[Perh. of Low German origin.]
An open shed or an outhouse used for sheltering cattle, storing grain, etc. Now chiefly dial. LME.
b. A stack of corn, a heap of hay, etc. Now dial. L16.
A simple, roughly constructed, or (esp.) squalid dwelling. LME.
Architecture. A canopied niche for a statue or other image. Long obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
A conical construction enclosing a kiln. E19.