hovel vs kraal

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. 

kraal

noun
  • An enclosure for livestock. 

  • In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community. 

  • In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade. 

verb
  • To enclose (livestock) within a kraal or stockade. 

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