hemmel
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Scots hemmel, hammel, dialectal English hemble (“hovel, stable, shed”), perhaps allied to Dutch hemel (“heaven, canopy”), German Himmel. Compare English heaven.
Noun
[edit]hemmel (plural hemmels)
- (UK, dialect, Northumbria) A shed or hovel for cattle.
- 1864 June, John Ewart, “The Profitable Management of Farms in the Vicinity of Large Towns”, in The Farmer's Magazine:
- Cattle kept in hemmels should always have their food may be stated that the roofs of all the buildings should given to them in the sheds
References
[edit]- “hemmel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 2
[edit]Compare dialectal Swedish hammel (“little bar or beam”).
Noun
[edit]hemmel (plural hemmels)
- (UK, dialect, Yorkshire) A handrail, especially one fitted on one side of a planked or wooden bridge.
- 1989, Ken Radford, Fire Burn, page 50:
- The bridge was narrow, with barely enough room for one to cross at a time. So they barred her way, the leader clutching the hemmel (handrail) on either side.
Middle Low German
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[edit]hemmel m
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