hutment

[ huht-muhnt ]

noun

1. an encampment of huts.

hutment

/ ˈhʌtmənt /

noun

1. military a number or group of huts

Word History and Origins

Origin of hutment¹

First recorded in 1885–90; hut + -ment

Example Sentences

In the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, flash floods over the weekend brought down a bridge and swept away several hutments.

From Reuters

Now the government seeks their homes, temporary bamboo hutments with tin roofs.

From Washington Post

The team walked to the nearest hutment — with no toilet, no electricity, no cellphone signal — to bunk down for the evening.

From Washington Post

Even married couples were not allowed to live together in the hutment camps.

From The Guardian

On the other side of the river, the steep mud banks changed abruptly into low mud walls of shanty hutments.

From Literature