n. & v.
n. 1 a small simple or crude house or shelter. 2 Mil. a temporary wooden etc. house for troops.
v. (hutted, hutting) 1 tr. provide with huts. 2 tr. Mil. place (troops etc.) in huts. 3 intr. lodge in a hut. hutlike adj.
[ F hutte f. MHG htte ]