Nissen hut
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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How to use Nissen hut in a sentence
Personally, I don't like a Nissen hut nearly as much as the ordinary straight-walled sort.
The Sword of Deborah | F. Tennyson JessePage 66: "Nisson" changed to "Nissen" (the shape and size of a Nissen hut).
The Escaping Club | A. J. EvansIn fact, the room was very much of the shape and size of a Nissen hut.
The Escaping Club | A. J. EvansCamblain l'Abb was not a large place, so we were cramped for room, and a Nissen hut had to be built for "C" mess.
The Great War As I Saw It | Frederick George ScottOur first discovery was a Nissen hut in a dank field on the eastern outskirts.
Pushed and the Return Push | George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)
British Dictionary definitions for Nissen hut
/ (ˈnɪsən) /
a military shelter of semicircular cross section, made of corrugated steel sheet: US and Canadian equivalent: Quonset hut
Origin of Nissen hut
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