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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hov·el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoveled or Hovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoveling or Hovelling.] To put in a hovel; to shelter.
    To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon.   --Shak.
    The poor are hoveled and hustled together.   --Tennyson.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 hovelling
      See hovel

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 hovel
      n : small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hut, hutch,
           shack, shanty]
      [also: hovelling, hovelled]