Визначення слова «hovel» мовою англійська

noun

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

2. (derogatory) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

3. In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.

4. (slang, archaic, Midwestern US) A straitjacket.

verb

1. (transitive) To put in a hovel; to shelter.

2. (transitive) To construct a chimney so as to prevent smoking, by making two of the more exposed walls higher than the others, or making an opening on one side near the top.