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hutment

noun

Etymology

From hut + -ment.

  1. derived from *(s)kewt-✻ — “to deck; cover; covering; skin”
  2. derived from *hudjǭ✻
  3. derived from hutta — “hut, cottage”
  4. derived from hute — “hut”
  5. derived from hutte
  6. derived from hute
  7. inherited from hōd
  8. inherited from *hutte✻
  9. suffixed as hutment — “hut + ment”

Definitions

  1. An encampment of huts.

    • This involved the erection of hutments for sleeping quarters, canteen, ablution block, and so on, with temporary sidings for the tunnel train, all of which was contained in the sidings yard at Chapel-en-le-Frith Central station.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA