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hovellus, ~a [AN houel, huvele, ME hovel] , a cowl (of chimney). b niche, canopy for image. c shed, outbuilding. 1313 Johannes le R. incepit cooperire fumerellum aule constabularii in uno rotundo ~o KR Ac 468/20 f. 9; pro ij peciis curbi maeremii pro ij hovell’ faciendis pro fumerello super magnam aulam Ib..  b 1385 supra factura ij ymaginum ad similitudinem regis et hovell’ pro eisdem IssueR 510 m. 16; 1385 super scapulacione ‥ petrarum de Reygate tractarum pro vj ~is inde faciendis pro vj ymaginibus regum KR Ac 473/2 m. 3; 1441 pro ~is presbyterii fiendis (Ac. Build. All Souls f. 70) Tait Essays 126.  c 1438 meremium unius hovell’ ante hostium fabrice MinAc Essex (Great Waltham) ; 1460 pro ij carectatis straminis ‥ ad ofuellum [corr. in marg.: ~um] novum faciendum in officio iiij d. Ac. Almon. Peterb. 142; c1465 in solutis ‥ carpentario pro emendacione nove ~e ad Oxney Ib. 166.

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