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