Nis·sen hut (nis′ən)
noun
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
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