hemmel

Etymology 1

From Scots hemmel, hammel, dialectal English hemble (“hovel, stable, shed”), perhaps allied to Dutch hemel (“heaven, canopy”), German Himmel. Compare English heaven.

noun

1. (UK, dialect, Northumbria) A shed or hovel for cattle.
   Cattle kept in hemmels should always have their food may be stated that the roofs of all the buildings should given to them in the sheds 1864 June, John Ewart, “The Profitable Management of Farms in the Vicinity of Large Towns”, in The Farmer's Magazine

Etymology 2

Compare dialectal Swedish hammel (“little bar or beam”).

noun

1. (UK, dialect, Yorkshire) A handrail, especially one fitted on one side of a planked or wooden bridge.
   The bridge was narrow, with barely enough room for one to cross at a time. So they barred her way, the leader clutching the hemmel (handrail) on either side. 1989, Ken Radford, Fire Burn, page 50