howel

[ hou-uh l ]
/ ˈhaʊ əl /

noun

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

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Origin of howel

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

Words nearby howel

howdah, howdie, howdy, howe, howe'er, howel, howel dda, howell-jolly body, howells, however, however much
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