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lean-to

[leen-too]
–noun, plural -tos.
1. a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
2. a roof of a single pitch with the higher end abutting a wall or larger building.
3. a structure with such a roof.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME; n. use of v. phrase lean to
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