'Hovelling' definitions:

Definition of 'Hovelling'

From: GCIDE
  • Hovel \Hov"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoveledor Hovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoveling or Hovelling.] To put in a hovel; to shelter. [1913 Webster]
  • To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The poor are hoveled and hustled together. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'hovelling'

From: GCIDE
  • Hoveling \Hov"el*ing\, n. 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. [Written also hovelling.] [1913 Webster]

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