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Definition of Lean-to
1. Noun. Rough shelter whose roof has only one slope.
Definition of Lean-to
1. Noun. A shelter with a sloped roof; also a building with a similar construction attached to the side of a building as an extension. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lean-to
Literary usage of Lean-to
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"The outer circuit was covered, as a lean-to, all round this inner apartment, and
long rafters lay from the 32 angles to the top ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In both this and the lean-to the aspect should be as nearly due south as ...
For early forcing, as in vineries, the lean-to form is to be preferred, ..."
3. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"... judge to lean to the side of mercy; while the issue of a contest is dubious,
all judgment of the parties, or of the case, must he carefully avoided. ..."
4. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"constant and devoted ; and all his social qualities might be eaid to " lean to
virtue's side." Last, though not least of nil, he was a sincere and devout ..."
5. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1868)
"It is square, and measures at its base about thirty feet, having a small lean-to,
on its east side, on the terrace of the mosque, where, most probably there ..."
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