Nissen hut

[nis-uhn]

noun

1. 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

/ ˈnɪsən /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nissen hut¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nissen hut¹

C20: named after Lt Col. Peter Nissen (1871–1930), British mining engineer, its inventor