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

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

From Over the Sliprails by Lawson, Henry

The iron on the skillion cracked and sweated—so did Dad and Dave down the paddock, grubbing—grubbing, in 130 degrees of sunshine.

From On Our Selection by Rudd, Steele

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

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

From The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia by Taylor, George A. (George Augustine)