cowshed vs hovel

cowshed

noun
  • A shed or barn for keeping cows. 

hovel

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

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

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

verb
  • 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. 

  • To put in a hovel; to shelter. 

How often have the words cowshed and hovel occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )