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Nissen hut

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Nis·sen hut  (nsn)
n.
A prefabricated building of corrugated steel in the shape of a half cylinder, used especially by military personnel as a shelter.
[After Peter Norman Nissen (1871-1930), British army officer and mining engineer.]
Nissen hut [ˈnɪsən]
n
(Historical Terms) a military shelter of semicircular cross section, made of corrugated steel sheet US and Canadian equivalent Quonset hut
[named after Lt Col. Peter Nissen (1871-1930), British mining engineer, its inventor]
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Noun1.Nissen hut - a prefabricated hut of corrugated iron having a semicircular cross section
Quonset hut
army hut, field hut, hut - temporary military shelter
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Nissen hut
n (Brit) → Nissenhütte f
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