dial. Also fummel. (See quots.; the form fummel seems of doubtful genuineness.)
1835. Booth, Analyt. Dict., 323. The Little Mule, or Hinny the produce of a Stallion and a She-ass In some counties, it is called a Fummel.
1847. Halliwell, Funnel, a mare mule produced by an ass covered by a horse. Linc.
1866. Brogden, Linc. Gloss., Funnel, a mule whose sire is an ass.