hut´like´

hut¹ «huht», noun, verb, hut|ted, hut|ting.

–n.

1. a small, roughly made cabin: »

The boys built a hut in the woods.

SYNONYM(S): shack.

2. a temporary wooden or metal structure for quartering troops. See also Nissen hut (Cf. ↑Nissen hut), Quonset hut. (Cf. ↑Quonset hut)

3. a stockman's cottage in Australia.

–v.t.

1. to place in a hut or huts; furnish with a hut or huts.

2. to place (troops or other men) in huts, especially for winter quarters.

–v.i.

1. to lodge or take shelter in a hut or huts.

2. to go into winter quarters.

╂[< Middle French hutte < Middle High German hütte]

–hut´like´, adjective.

hut² «huht», interjection.

= hep² (military command). (Cf. ↑hep)