hovel

/หˆhษ’vษ™l/

IPA: /HH AH1 V AH0 L/

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

  3. 3

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

verb
  1. 1

    To put in a hovel; to shelter.

  2. 2

    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.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hovel