hut English · revision 15454

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /hʌt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|hutte|t=cottage]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[gmh|hütte]] or [[goh|hutta|t=roughly built shelter]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[gem-pro|*hudjōn]], probably related to Old English [[m|ang|hȳdan|t=to hide]] (see [[hide]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[ine-pro|*(s)kewH-|t=to cover, conceal]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A wooden structure for housing troops: 1545 in the OED, the mid-16th century in the New Oxford, apparently first a military word in English;^(OED 1989)^(NODE 1998)^(Etymonline) a rude dwelling from 1658 in Barnhart and the OED, the 1650s in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A beaver's lodge was called a hut from 1722.^(OED 1989) The verb, to lodge in huts, is from 1652, and to go into winter quarters from 1807.^(OED 1989) In Australia the hut is the lodging for shearers and stockmen on a sheep or cattle station, and in New Zealand a shelter for climbers and skiers.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1545 – a hut for troops.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1652 – to hut (verb).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1658 – a rude dwelling.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1722 – a beaver's lodge.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small, simple or makeshift house or shelter; a [[shack]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A temporary building for sheltering soldiers.^(AHD)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To shelter or live in a hut.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[hutlike]]

+ * [[hutment]]

+ * [[Nissen hut]]

+ * [[Quonset hut]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hide]]

+ * [[house]]

+ * [[hutch]]

+ * [[shack]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In north Lincolnshire a hut was a small hovel such as a dog kennel or rabbit hutch, and in Derbyshire the hob of a grate.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}