HUT


Meaning of HUT in English

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

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