| 释义 |
houghel north. dial.
Also hoffle.
(See quots.)
c1570Durham Depos. (Surtees) 264 He cut 4 kidgells or houghells to hange salmon netts upon. 1893Northumbld. Gloss., Hoffle, a stake on which salmon nets are dried. In a row of hoffle stakes one is higher than the others, and is called the bosom-hoffle. |