skillion

[ skil-yuhn ]

/ ˈskɪl yən /

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noun Australian.

a lean-to serving as a room or a shed.

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Origin of skillion

First recorded in 1860–65; alteration of skilling, originally dialect (S England), Middle English skyling; sense suggests kinship with dialectal scale “hut, shed” (from Old Norse skāli; ), but phonetic development obscure; see -ing³,cf. shiel

Words nearby skillion

skilled nursing facility, skilless, skillet, skillful, skilling, skillion, skill-less, skill set, skilly, Skil Saw, skim

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How to use skillion in a sentence

Jack Drew camped in a skillion room behind his printing office, and had his meals at the Royal.
Over the Sliprails|Henry Lawson
I noticed the storm had taken a sheet of iron off the skillion, and supposed he'd sleep at the Royal that night.
Over the Sliprails|Henry Lawson
Next day I found one of the skillion rooms scrubbed out and a bed fixed up for me.
Joe Wilson and His Mates|Henry Lawson
We walked together towards the Union Office, where I had a camp in the skillion-room at the back.
Children of the Bush|Henry Lawson

She went to her bedroom—a small, low, slab skillion, built on to the end of the house—and fell on her knees by the bunk.
Over the Sliprails|Henry Lawson

British Dictionary definitions for skillion

skillion

/ (ˈskɪlɪən) /

noun

Australian

a part of a building having a lower, esp sloping, roof; lean-to
(as modifier)a skillion roof

Word Origin for skillion

C19: from English dialect skilling outhouse

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