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Synonyms for lean-to


Grammar : Noun
Spell : leen-too
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlinˌtu



Définition of lean-to

Origin :
  • "building whose rafters pitch against another building or wall," mid-15c., from lean (v.) + to.
  • noun shelter
Example sentences :
  • I guess I'll take my bed up there; that lean-to is awful hot.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Arizona galloped her up to the house and rounded the lean-to in which Joe slept.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • And while these things were going on Arizona and Joe shared the hospitality of the lean-to.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • With this object in view she went down-stairs and visited the lean-to.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Billy kept to his lean-to, when away from the government house.
  • Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
  • She always sat beside him on the original settle against the lean-to.
  • Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
  • Hanging down from the top of the cliff, they form a sort of lean-to.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on a Hunt » by Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer)
  • With the best haste he could make he hurried back to the lean-to.
  • Extract from : « Left on the Labrador » by Dillon Wallace
  • It also had a "lean-to," or low ell, attached to the larger part.
  • Extract from : « The Kentucky Ranger » by Edward T. Curnick
  • How shall we be able to sleep in a lean-to on a night like this.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods » by Jessie Graham Flower

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