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Lean-to

//ˈliːnˌtuː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A shelter with a sloped roof; also a building with a similar construction attached to the side of a building as an extension.

    "Now we was in the lean-to, and heard trampings close by outside. So we crept to the door, and Tom stopped us there and put his eye to the crack, but couldn't make out nothing, it was so dark"

  2. 2
    rough shelter whose roof has only one slope wordnet

Etymology

First attested 1461.

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