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

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.

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Enjoy sweeping sea views from the top of a rocky promontory known as the Skillion, then head to Bellyfish Café for a casual lunch of contemporary Australian cuisine with a Mediterranean twist.

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Here, within five miles of the substantial township of Peterborough, I came, with great ease, upon the very sort of place I had in mind: a tiny cottage of two rooms, with a good deep verandah before, and a little lean-to kitchen, or, in the local phrase, skillion, behind; two rough slab sheds, a few fruit trees past their prime, an acre of paddock, and beyond that illimitable bush.

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One evening, the commander of the battery to which we were attached came over to our quarters, the skillion of a wrecked farm house.

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She sat as she did when he found her in the skillion after her father had been taken, with intent eyes bent upon the floor.

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