skillion

American  

[skil-yuhn] / ˈskɪl yən /

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

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

Father came down to the hut while the brands were getting ready, and began to look at the harness-cask, which stood in a little back skillion.

From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf

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

There was no dairy to be seen, and I suppose the milk was set in one of the two skillion rooms, or lean-to's behind the hut,—the other was 'the boys' bedroom'.

From Joe Wilson and His Mates by Lawson, Henry

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

From Over the Sliprails by Lawson, Henry