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noun

Lean-to n.

(Arch.) A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; called also penthouse, and to-fall. "The outer circuit was covered as a lean-to, all round this inner apartment."

A crude, usually temporary shelter comprising a lean-to roof braced against any convenient support, as a wall, a tree or a pole. The roof may extend all the way to the ground.

adjective

Lean-to adj. (Arch.) Having only one slope or pitch; said of a roof.

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Etymology of 'Lean-to'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lean-to" Quotes from Famous Books

... office of nurse, and who had seen the sleigh arrive, softly opened the door and admitted them. She pointed to the bed to show them that her patient was asleep; and they sat down to wait for her waking. The house contained but one room, with a small lean-to which served the purpose of a back kitchen, and made it possible for the other apartment to have that look of almost dainty cleanliness and order which the visitors noticed. No attempt had ever been made to hide the logs, of which the walls were built. A line of plaster between ...

— A Canadian Heroine, Volume 2 - A Novel • Mrs. Harry Coghill

... passed away, and then another, and Mango kept wide awake during his watch. Leo must have pushed on well, for still the crosses appeared. We came on all the spots where he had slept—his lean-to or hut, with the ashes of his fire before it; and generally midway between them a black patch alone, where he had stopped to cook his mid-day meal. We found the feathers of several birds which he had shot. It was ...

— In the Wilds of Africa • W.H.G. Kingston

... pitched the shelters, spreading squares of canvas, strips of birch-bark or tanned skins over roughly improvised lean-to poles. A half dozen tiny fires, too, they had built, over which some were at the moment engaged in hanging as many kettles. Several of the younger women were cleaning fish and threading them on switches. Others brought in the small twigs for ...

— The Silent Places • Stewart Edward White

... part of the plateau which was invisible from the plain, and here in feverish haste they built a little cairn. Many flaky slabs of stone were lying about, and it did not take long to prop the largest of these against a rock, so as to make a lean-to, and then to put two side-pieces to complete it. The slabs were of the same colour as the rock, so that to a casual glance the hiding-place was not very visible. The two ladies were squeezed into this, and they crouched ...

— A Desert Drama - Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko" • A. Conan Doyle

... I wanted two new window-frames, beaverboard for inside lining, and two gallons of paint. I have also demanded a lean-to, to serve as an extra bedroom and nursery, and a brand-new bunk-house for the hired "hands" when they happen to come along. I have also insisted on a covered veranda and sleeping porch on the south side of the shack, and fly-screens, and repairs to the chimney to stop the range from smoking. ...

— The Prairie Mother • Arthur Stringer

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