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Nissen hut

American

[nis-uhn] / ˈnɪs ən /

noun

a prefabricated, tunnel-shaped shelter made of corrugated metal and having a concrete floor; Quonset hut: first used by the British army in World War I.

Nissen hut British

/ ˈnɪsən /

noun

US and Canadian equivalent: Quonset hut. a military shelter of semicircular cross section, made of corrugated steel sheet

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Etymology

Origin of Nissen hut

1915–20; after Lieutenant Colonel Peter N. Nissen (1871–1930), Canadian military engineer who invented it

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