skillion

[ skil-yuhn ]

noun

, Australian.

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

skillion

/ ˈskɪlɪən /

noun

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

      a skillion roof

Word History and Origins

Origin of skillion¹

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; -ing ³, shiel

Word History and Origins

Origin of skillion¹

C19: from English dialect skilling outhouse

Example Sentences

Jack Drew camped in a skillion room behind his printing office, and had his meals at the Royal.

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I noticed the storm had taken a sheet of iron off the skillion, and supposed he'd sleep at the Royal that night.

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Next day I found one of the skillion rooms scrubbed out and a bed fixed up for me.

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We walked together towards the Union Office, where I had a camp in the skillion-room at the back.

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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.

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