☆ Quon·set hut (kwän′sit)
noun
a prefabricated shelter made of corrugated metal, shaped like a longitudinal half of a cylinder resting on its flat surface
Etymology: < Quonset, a trademark, after Quonset Point, R.I., where first manufactured
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