I. ˈhət, usu -əd.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French hutte temporary dwelling of simple construction, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German hutta temporary dwelling of simple construction; akin to Old English hȳd hide, skin — more at hide
1.
a. : a temporary structure used as living quarters for troops especially in a theater of operations
b. : a rudimentary structure erected by the army for a special purpose (as a field aid station)
c. : a room or building used as a recreation center for troops in World War I
2.
a. : an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : cottage , shack
sod hut
the simplest of the primitive dwellings of the colonist were conical huts of branches, rushes, and turf — Fiske Kimball
b. Australia : a house for shearers or other laborers on a ranch
c. : a simple shelter from the elements
bathing hut
round a winding road you come to a small hut and a turnstile — Fred Streeter
small wooden huts inside which fishermen … can sit in comparative comfort with a portable stove while waiting for a nibble from far below the frozen surface — James Montagnes
specifically : overnight cabin
hostel huts
mountain huts
II. verb
( hutted ; hutted ; hutting ; huts )
transitive verb
: to provide with usually temporary living quarters : house , billet
were no sooner hutted than we were on the march — S.W.Mitchell
intransitive verb
: to become housed or quartered : lodge
his troops hutted among the heights — Washington Irving