'Lean-to' definitions:
Definition of 'lean-to'
(from WordNet)
noun
Rough shelter whose roof has only one slope
Definition of 'Lean-to'
From: GCIDE
- Lean-to \Lean"-to`\, a. (Arch.) Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lean-to'
From: GCIDE
- Lean-to \Lean"-to`\, n.
- 1. (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. [1913 Webster]
- The outer circuit was covered as a lean-to, all round this inner apartment. --De Foe. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [PJC]