howe

See also: Howe

English

Noun

howe (plural howes)

1. Alternative form of how (a tumulus, a bowl barrow).

Anagrams

• WeHo

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman houe.

Alternative forms

• houwe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔu̯(ə)/

Noun

howe (plural howes)

1. mattock, pickaxe.

Descendants

• English: hoe
• Yola: howe

References

• “houe, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

howe

1. Alternative form of hough (“hough, hock”)

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Yola

Etymology

From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe.

Noun

howe

1. hoe

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 47