hut
noun
[ hʌt ]
• a small, simple, single-storey house or shelter.
• "a beach hut"
Similar:
shack,
shanty,
cabin,
log cabin,
shelter,
shed,
lean-to,
den,
hovel,
bothy,
shieling,
shiel,
cabana,
tilt,
hok,
gunyah,
mia-mia,
humpy,
whare,
hogan,
wickiup,
favela,
shebang,
hut
verb
• provide with huts.
• "it will be advisable to hut the troops, for their protection during the cold season"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘temporary wooden shelter for troops’): from French hutte, from Middle High German hütte .
