howel

[ hou-uhl ]

noun

1. a channel cut along the inside edge of a barrel stave to receive the barrelhead.

Word History and Origins

Origin of howel¹

1795–1805; perhaps < Danish hövl < Middle Low German hövel; cognate with German Hobel kind of plane

Example Sentences

Howel said he can see his progress.

From Washington Times

Amateur genealogist Sally Howel searched the listings of WW2 civilian deaths and emailed us to suggest a likely candidate.

From BBC

The eight known graves are those of Benjamin Rawls Jr., Mary Slade, James Baylis, Charles Howel Rawls, Sarah Louisa Rawls, George Fleming Rawls, Lula Elowedia Baylis and James Terrell Baylis, most of whom are believed to have died as infants or toddlers between 1863 and 1884.

From Washington Times

Among others who left big sums in their wills were Howel Vaughan Lewis, a Welsh businessman who lived in London and died in 2005.

From BBC

James Howel, the author of the popular and interesting “Epistolæ Hoelianæ,” was the son of a p. 20clergyman, and born in Caermarthenshire, in 1596. 

From Project Gutenberg