hovel English · revision 1329

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈhɒvəl/, /ˈhʌvəl/ ''(UK)''; /ˈhɑvəl/, /ˈhʌvəl/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English,^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) of unknown or uncertain origin.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) The OED calls a derivation from Old English ''hof'' “dwelling” inadmissible.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A roofed passage or vent for smoke (1358).^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word then meant an open shed for animals, grain or tools (about 1425–1435),^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and from the 1620s a shed used as a human dwelling, a rude or miserable cabin.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) It also had technical senses, such as a canopied niche for a statue^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and the conical building around a porcelain kiln.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1358 – a vent for smoke.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1425 – a shed for animals.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1440 – a little cottage, per Barnhart.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1463 – a canopied niche for an image.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1583 – verb, to shelter as in a hovel.^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1625 – a miserable dwelling.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small, wretched, often dirty dwelling; a [[hut]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An open shed, as for cattle or tools.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To shelter or lodge as in a hovel.^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}