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Nissen hut definition

Nis·sen hut (nis′ən)

a prefabricated shelter of corrugated metal shaped like a cylinder cut vertically in two and resting on its flat surface: first used by the Brit. Army in WWI

Etymology: after P. N. Nissen (1871-1930), engineer in the Cdn army

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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