Nissen Hut Definition
nĭsən
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.
Webster's New World
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Nissen hutPlural:
nissen-hutsOrigin of Nissen Hut
After Peter Norman Nissen (1871–1930), British army officer and mining engineer
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
For Peter Norman Nissen, Canadian engineer
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