Definition of Nissen hut

1. Noun. A prefabricated hut of corrugated iron having a semicircular cross section.

Exact synonyms: Quonset Hut
Generic synonyms: Army Hut, Field Hut, Hut

Definition of Nissen hut

1. Noun. (British) A prefabricated building, formerly used by the military, having a semicircular roof of corrugated iron ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nissen Hut

Nippy
Nirali
Nirgunty
Nisan
Nisei
Nishan Sahib
Nisibene
Nisibenes
Nisibis
Nisquallies
Nisqually
Nissan
Nisse
Nissen
Nissen's operation
Nissen hut (current term)
Nissen huts
Nissl
Nissl's stain
Nissl degeneration
Nissl granule
Nissl granules
Nissl substance
Nitabuch
Nitabuch's layer
Nitabuch's membrane
Nitabuch's stria
Nitella
Nitinol
Nitrobacteriaceae

Literary usage of Nissen hut

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sword of Deborah: First-hand Impressions of the British Women's Army in by Fryniwyd Tennyson Jesse (1919)
"Personally, I don't like a Nissen hut nearly as much as the ordinary ... In a Nissen hut you have to turn your head upside down to get a view of the picture ..."

2. Front Lines by Boyd Cable (1918)
"any solid object makes a nasty and most disconcerting sort of noise; but when it hits the tin roof of a Nissen hut, tears through it and the wood lining ..."

3. History of American Red Cross Nursing by Lavinia L. Dock (1922)
"There were five operating tables in a Nissen hut and two others in a large marquee. The two American teams were on duty at ..."

4. The Note-book of an Intelligence Officer by Eric Fisher Wood (1917)
"Recently I met the inventor of the now famous Nissen hut. He is attached to the engineering staff of the GHQ and is one of the many competent officers, ..."

5. Ladies of Grécourt: The Smith College Relief Unit in the Somme by Ruth Louise Gaines (1920)
"The family are living in two patched-up shacks and a semi-cylindrical Nissen hut in the courtyard of their old farm. In the hut, they had set a table, ..."

6. Ladies of Grécourt: The Smith College Relief Unit in the Somme by Ruth Louise Gaines (1920)
"E er father and mother invited the Unit to coffee after the service. The family are living in two patched-up shacks and a semi-cylindrical Nissen hut in the ..."

7. Condition Red: Marine Defense Battalions in World War II by Charles D. Melson (1996)
"The 5th Defense Battalion lived in Nissen hut camps as this throughout the unit's stay in Iceland. Most of them were built Elsewhere in the Pacific, ..."

8. The Way to Victory by Philip Gibbs (1919)
"... where numberless little wooden huts with semicircular roofs of iron—the famous Nissen hut, which has become one of the most familiar objects in the ..."

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