a prefabricated shelter made of corrugated metal, shaped like a longitudinal half of a cylinder resting on its flat surface
Origin of Quonset hut
from Quonset, a trademark, after Quonset Point, R.I., where first manufacturedQuonset hut
Quon·set hut Quonset hut
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Noun
(plural Quonset huts)
- A lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated galvanized steel having a semicircular cross section.
Origin
Named after the place they were manufactured; the placename derives from an Algonquian language.
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