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noun

Lean-to n.

(Arch.) A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; called also penthouse, and to-fall. "The outer circuit was covered as a lean-to, all round this inner apartment."

A crude, usually temporary shelter comprising a lean-to roof braced against any convenient support, as a wall, a tree or a pole. The roof may extend all the way to the ground.

adjective

Lean-to adj. (Arch.) Having only one slope or pitch; said of a roof.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lean-to" Quotes from Famous Books

... the monastery in its early days, but of this no trace remains. It is also probable that one was erected by Bishop Pudsey, though this also has entirely vanished, unless (as suggested by Canon Greenwell) some marks of a lean-to roof on the north and east walls may be traces of its presence. In the western alley of the cloister is the old treasury, rich in records, and the vestries for canons, king's scholars, and choristers. The alley opens at the end into what is now called ...

— Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham - A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See • J. E. Bygate

... on the inside and he was unable to gain an entrance there. He was fearful that to enter by the front door would be but to proclaim his presence, but at last he perceived that there was an entrance by a small door that was partly open above the roof of the little lean-to on the side of the barn. Carefully he climbed up on the roof and cautiously made his way to the door. He peered within but it was dark and at first he was unable to discern anything. He waited until his eyes became somewhat ...

— Winning His "W" - A Story of Freshman Year at College • Everett Titsworth Tomlinson

... the ravine wall, in a small cove was a log cabin with a lean-to shed, under which was sheltered the fatal red car which ...

— Ted Strong's Motor Car • Edward C. Taylor

... log cabin with an additional "lean-to" of the same material, roofed with bark, and on the other side a larger and more ambitious "extension" built of rough, unplaned, and unpainted redwood boards, lightly shingled. The "lean-to" was evidently used as a kitchen, and the central cabin as a living-room. The barking of a dog as ...

— Colonel Starbottle's Client and Other Stories • Bret Harte

... examination halls which are now being torn down. These are the cells, about 25,000 in number, where the candidates for degrees used to be shut up during the examination period. Said cells are built in long rows, under a lean-to roof, mostly opening face to face on an open corridor, which is uncovered. Some of them face against a wall which is the back of the next row of cells. Cells are two and one-half feet wide by four long. In them are two ridges ...

— Letters from China and Japan • John Dewey

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