Middle English Dictionary Entry
govel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | govel n. |
| Etymology | Var. of gable; cp. MnE dial. gavel, govel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The gable of a house; ?also, the entire end wall.
Associated quotations
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)437 : Leuer deit mure et messere, Wal and gonele [read: gouele].
- (c1447) Let.Midylton in Lin.NQ 16201 : Memorandum to thynk off the gate hows there that ye gar make yt yn the beste manner ye can..and bynde well bothe gonelys [read: gouelys] to be playsteryd.