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lean-to
[ leen-too ]
noun
- a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- a roof of a single pitch with the higher end abutting a wall or larger building.
- a structure with such a roof.
lean-to
noun
- a roof that has a single slope with its upper edge adjoining a wall or building
- a shed or outbuilding with such a roof
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of lean-to1
Example Sentences
The overheated furrier rushed to erect a lean-to out of walking sticks and an antelope hide, fanning himself with one hand the entire time.
Her likeness, hauled down in the war鈥檚 first year, is now boxed up in a black lean-to outside the damaged art museum.
Officials had also said there was a lean-to 鈥 a type of crude shelter 鈥 near the campsite, indicating they tried to escape the elements.
Near the campsite authorities found a 鈥渓ean-to鈥 鈥 a type of crude shelter 鈥 made with logs held together by some cordage, a sign that the group was probably trying to find refuge from the weather.
It appeared they had begun to build a 鈥渓ean-to鈥 type shelter but not finished by the time last year鈥檚 harsh winter began, he said.
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