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Nissen hut
[ nis-uhn ]
noun
- a prefabricated, tunnel-shaped shelter made of corrugated metal and having a concrete floor; Quonset hut: first used by the British army in World War I.
Nissen hut
/ ˈnɪsən /
noun
- a military shelter of semicircular cross section, made of corrugated steel sheet US and Canadian equivalentQuonset hut
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Nissen hut1
1915–20; after Lieutenant Colonel Peter N. Nissen (1871–1930), Canadian military engineer who invented it
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Nissen hut1
C20: named after Lt Col. Peter Nissen (1871–1930), British mining engineer, its inventor
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Example Sentences
Personally, I don't like a Nissen hut nearly as much as the ordinary straight-walled sort.
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Page 66: "Nisson" changed to "Nissen" (the shape and size of a Nissen hut).
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In fact, the room was very much of the shape and size of a Nissen hut.
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Camblain l'Abb was not a large place, so we were cramped for room, and a Nissen hut had to be built for "C" mess.
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Our first discovery was a Nissen hut in a dank field on the eastern outskirts.
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