English Explanatory Dictionary

tewel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A vent or chimney or pipe, especially one leading into a furnace or bellows.
  2. The anus, rectum or posterior.
name
  1. A hamlet west of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO8285).

Pronunciation

/ˈtjuːəl/

Word forms

tewel tewels tuel

Etymology

From Middle English tuwel, from Old French tueil, tuel, tudel (“tube, pipe”) (whence modern French tuyau), from Vulgar Latin *tūta, from Frankish *thūta (“pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel, flow”), from *þeutaną (“to howl, roar, resound”), from Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- (“bird-cry, shriek”). Compare Spanish and Portuguese tudel, from the same Germanic source.

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