hiddle

• hidel, hidle
• hiddil, heddle, hydle
• hidels, hydles

Borrowed from Scots hiddle, from Middle Scots hiddill, from Early Scots hyddyll, an alteration, due to final s mistaken for the plural ending, of hyddlys (“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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪdəl/

hiddle (plural hiddles)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A hiding-place; a sheltered spot.
2. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A cluster, small group of buildings, etc. set close together; a huddle.

• but hidel
• hidel-like
• in hidel

• hide
• hideling

hiddle (third-person singular simple present hiddles, present participle hiddling, simple past and past participle hiddled)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To hide; conceal.
2. (intransitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To nestle closely; take shelter.
3. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To shelter (in one's arms).

• hiddil, hidle, heddle

Inherited from Middle Scots hiddill, from Early Scots hyddyll, alteration of hyddlys (“hiding-place, concealment”), from Old English hȳdels (“a place of concealment, hiding-place, cavern, cave”), equivalent to hide +‎ -le.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪˌdʌl/

hiddle (plural hiddles)

1. A hiding place or shelter.

hiddle (comparative mair hiddle, superlative maist hiddle)

1. In a mysterious fashion.

hiddle (third-person singular simple present hiddles, present participle hiddlin, simple past and past participle hiddlet)

1. To hide or conceal.
2. To take shelter or nestle closely.