hut
A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
Example
“a thatched hut; a mud hut; a shepherd’s hut”
Other meanings
A small wooden shed.
“a groundsman’s hut”
A small stack of grain.A Letter to the West Country Farmers, concerning the Difficulties and Management of a Bad Harvest, Paisley, 1773, p.33: “A hut of corn is a small clump or stack, resembling a hay quoil or rick
Synonyms
- field hut
A kind of
- shelter
Word history
From Old High German "hutta" (hut, cottage).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hut” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.