hutment

[ huht-muhnt ]

noun
  1. an encampment of huts.

Origin of hutment

1
First recorded in 1885–90; hut + -ment

Words Nearby hutment

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How to use hutment in a sentence

  • Long before the hour announced for the service the soldier boys had crowded the hutment to its greatest capacity.

    The War Romance of the Salvation Army | Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill
  • When the General entered the hutment all of the men stood and uncovered and the band stopped abruptly in the middle of a strain.

    The War Romance of the Salvation Army | Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill

British Dictionary definitions for hutment

hutment

/ (ˈhʌtmənt) /


noun
  1. mainly military a number or group of huts

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