Nissen hut
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after Canadian engineer Peter Norman Nissen (1871–1930).
Noun
[edit]Nissen hut (plural Nissen huts)
- (UK, Ireland) A prefabricated building, formerly used by the military, having a semicircular roof of corrugated iron.
- 2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “The Rail Live story...”, in RAIL, number 984, page 36:
- A row of original, large and life-expired MoD 'wriggly tin' Nissen huts close to the Rail Live entrance haven't simply been reskinned, they have been replaced with new, modern equivalents to the original design.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Nissen hut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia