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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
- 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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