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howel¹

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From the same source as German Hobel. Related to Danish høvl and Swedish hyvel.

noun howels

  1. A plane-like tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering their work, especially the inside of casks.

verb howels · howeling · howelling · howeled · howelled

  1. transitive To smooth; to plane. to howel a cask

Howel²

Where it comes from

From Welsh Hywel.

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Welsh.
  2. An unincorporated community in Christian County, Kentucky, United States.

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@misc{howel_2026,
  title = {howel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/howel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}