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.
Derivatives:
hutlike adj.
Etymology: F hutte f. MHG h{uuml}tte