1869 June 25/1 A warmer abode than the sod hut..he will never have.
1896 W. D. Howells 146 The dugouts or sod-huts of the settlers on the great plains.
1930 L. G. D. Acland 1st Ser. ii. 13 Ford built a six-roomed wooden cottage to replace the original sod hut.
1972 19 May 747/2 While others were planning fancy facilities, Herzberg's helpers built a sod-hut similar to those used as homes by the early settlers of Saskatchewan.