Standard Lemma guide
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noun
A shed or hovel for cattle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northumbria, UK, dialectal
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noun
A handrail, especially one fitted on one side of a planked or wooden bridge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, Yorkshire, dialectal
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History
From Scots hemmel, hammel, dialectal English hemble (“hovel, stable, shed”), perhaps allied to Dutch hemel (“heaven, canopy”), German Himmel. Compare English heaven.
Compare dialectal Swedish hammel (“little bar or beam”).
