skillion

American  

[skil-yuhn] / ˈskɪl jən /

noun

Australian.

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

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skillion British  

/ ˈskɪlɪən /

noun

1. 1. a part of a building having a lower, esp sloping, roof; lean-to

   2. ( as modifier )

      a skillion roof

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Etymology

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 -ing ³, cf. shiel

Example Sentences

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skillion

As Meera and Hodor pack up and prepare to move on with Bran, dreaming of yummier breakfasts and the pleasures of less fecund homes, eight skillion White Walkers and wights have assembled outside.

From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2016

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.

From Over the Sliprails by Lawson, Henry

An hour later a tired drover lay on his back, in his ragged, track-worn clothes and dusty leggings, on Mary's own little bed in the skillion off the living-room, and rested.

From Children of the Bush by Lawson, Henry

I put the other horses back in the yard, the saddles in the skillion, got on my horse and rode off.

From Children of the Bush by Lawson, Henry

She stepped into a skillion room, which happened to be Bob's room, and there caught sight of a pair of trousers and a coat hanging on the wall.

From Children of the Bush by Lawson, Henry