Nissen hut

[ nis-uhn ]

/ ˈnɪs ən /

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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.

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Origin of Nissen hut

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

Words nearby Nissen hut

Nishapur, Nishinomiya, nisi, nisi prius, Niskin bottle, Nissen hut, Nissl substance, Nistru, nisus, nit, nitchie

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How to use Nissen hut in a sentence

Sputtering, I manage a few “hut-hut-huts” with the other students.
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Surrounded by family and friends, he sat shirtless and motionless leaning forward in a chair on the dirt in front of his hut.
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On every trip to a village, a hospital, a hut, Breman and the others carried an invisible burden: they could be next.
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We shot it in Belfast at a legit hut on location rather than a studio.
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To advance in such circumstances was out of the question, he therefore set about building a miniature hut of snow.
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The hut was barely high enough to let him sit up, and long enough to let him lie down—not to stretch out.
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The foster-child remained behind to share the hut of the political exile.
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It was only a hut of rough boards, carelessly knocked together for a shepherd's temporary home.
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Aunt Ri, at her best estate, had never possessed a room which had the expression of this poor little mud hut of Ramona's.
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British Dictionary definitions for Nissen hut

Nissen hut

/ (ˈnɪsən) /

noun

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

Word Origin for Nissen hut

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

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