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Nis·sen hut
(nĭs′ən)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.]
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Nissen hut
(ˈnɪsən)n
(Historical Terms) a military shelter of semicircular cross section, made of corrugated steel sheet. US and Canadian equivalent: Quonset hut
[C20: named after Lt Col. Peter Nissen (1871–1930), British mining engineer, its inventor]
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Nis′sen hut`
(ˈnɪs ən)n.
a prefabricated cylindrical shelter made of corrugated metal and having a concrete floor.
[1915–20; after Peter N. Nissen (1871–1930), Canadian military engineer who designed it]
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Noun | 1. | Nissen hut - a prefabricated hut of corrugated iron having a semicircular cross section |
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Nissen hut
n (Brit) → Nissenhütte f
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