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Definition of hovel:
Synonyms:
shanty, cabin, army hut, chanty, hutch, chantey, shack, hut, field hut, good, sea chantey, hole, rich, shed.
Usage examples:
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There was a deserted log camp here, apparently used the previous winter, with its " hovel" or barn for cattle.
- "Canoeing in the wilderness", Henry David Thoreau. -
I was lying on the bare ground rolled in a blanket, when the wind tore it from off me, and I was obliged to retreat to a hovel.
- "Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846", James Richardson. -
Every peasant's hovel, every farm- house, every village upon the road had been burned to the ground.
- "The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume II.(of III) 1566-74", John Lothrop Motley Last Updated: January 25, 2009.