Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Scotch form of hemble.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Prov. Eng. A shed or hovel for cattle.

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  • noun UK, dialect A shed or hovel for cattle.

Etymologies

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Scots hemmel, hammel, English dialect hemble hovel, stable, shed, perhaps allied to Dutch hemel heaven, canopy, German Himmel; compare English heaven.

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