[hos.tel] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. ML hospitale hospice] (14c) 1: inn
2. a chiefly Brit: a supervised institutional residence b: a supervised lodging for usu. young travelers--called also youth hostel
[2]hostel vi -teled or -telled ; -tel.ing or -tel.ling (14c): to stay at hostels overnight in the course of traveling