hiddle

== English == === Alternative forms === hidel, hidle hiddil, heddle, hydle hidels, hydles === Etymology === From Middle English hidel, hydel, an alteration, due to final s mistaken for the plural ending, of Middle English hidils, hudels (“hiding-place, concealment”), from Old English hȳdels (“a place of concealment, hiding-place, cavern, cave”), equivalent to hide +‎ -le. For loss of final s compare burial, riddle. More at hide, huddle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɪdəl/ === Noun === hiddle (plural hiddles) (now chiefly dialectal) A hiding-place; a sheltered spot. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A cluster, small group of buildings, etc. set close together; a huddle. ==== Derived terms ==== but hidel hidel-like in hidel ==== Related terms ==== hide hideling === Verb === hiddle (third-person singular simple present hiddles, present participle hiddling, simple past and past participle hiddled) (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To hide; conceal. (intransitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To nestle closely; take shelter. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To shelter (in one's arms). == Scots == === Alternative forms === hiddil, hidle, heddle === Etymology === From Early Scots hidlis (“hiding places”), from hiddil (“concealment”), from Middle English hidels. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɪˌdʌl/ === Noun === hiddle (plural hiddles) A hiding place or shelter. === Adverb === hiddle (comparative mair hiddle, superlative maist hiddle) In a mysterious fashion. === Verb === hiddle (third-person singular simple present hiddles, present participle hiddlin, simple past and past participle hiddlet) To hide or conceal. To take shelter or nestle closely.