Quonset hut

American  

[kwon-sit] / ˈkwɒn sɪt /

Trademark.

1. a semicylindrical metal shelter having end walls, usually serving as a barracks, storage shed, or the like, developed for the U.S. military forces from the British Nissen hut at Quonset Naval Base in Rhode Island.

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Quonset hut British  

/ ˈkwɒnsɪt /

noun

1. Brit equivalent: Nissen hut.  a military shelter made of corrugated steel sheet, having a semicircular cross section

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Quonset hut

The winery’s centerpiece is a Quonset hut, once a tractor and farm equipment storage shed turned into a rustic chic event space.

From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2024

Tom, who refers to himself as “The Surf God” and eschews Mindy’s bourgeois crowd as “kooks,” convinces Ginger to camp in his sand-bound Quonset hut and steal food for him as he pursues dead-end schemes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

At the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, there are approximately 76,000 containers of ethanol specimens, mostly stored in a World War-II-era Quonset hut, which is made from corrugated steel and is uninsulated.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2023

We’re in the “Twelve O’Clock High” Quonset hut.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2019

Henry knocked on the wooden door of the Quonset hut.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor