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nissen hut
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nissen hut has 1 sense
- nissen hut(n = noun.artifact) quonset hut - a prefabricated hut of corrugated iron having a semicircular cross section; Array is a kind of army hut, field hut, hut
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nissen hut, n. a tunnel-shaped hut of corrugated iron with a cement floor.
Etymology
P. N. Nissen, British engineer d. 1930, its inventor
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