lean-to

3 definitions found

lean-to - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lean-to \Lean"-to`\, a. (Arch.)
     Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof.
     [1913 Webster]

  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]

lean-to - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lean-to
      n 1: rough shelter whose roof has only one slope