skillion

[ skil-yuhn ]

/ ˈskɪl yən /

noun Australian.

a lean-to serving as a room or a shed.

Origin of skillion

First recorded in 1860–65; alteration of skilling, originally dialect (S England), Middle English skyling; sense suggests kinship with dialectal scale “hut, shed” (from Old Norse skāli; ), but phonetic development obscure; see -ing³,cf. shiel

Words nearby skillion

skilled nursing facility, skilless, skillet, skillful, skilling, skillion, skill-less, skill set, skilly, Skil Saw, skim

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Example sentences from the Web for skillion

Next day I found one of the skillion rooms scrubbed out and a bed fixed up for me.
Joe Wilson and His Mates|Henry Lawson
I put the other horses back in the yard, the saddles in the skillion, got on my horse and rode off.
Children of the Bush|Henry Lawson
Jack Drew camped in a skillion room behind his printing office, and had his meals at the Royal.
Over the Sliprails|Henry Lawson
I noticed the storm had taken a sheet of iron off the skillion, and supposed he'd sleep at the Royal that night.
Over the Sliprails|Henry Lawson

British Dictionary definitions for skillion

skillion

/ (ˈskɪlɪən) /

noun

Australian

a part of a building having a lower, esp sloping, roof; lean-to
(as modifier)a skillion roof

Word Origin for skillion

C19: from English dialect skilling outhouse

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单词	skillion
释义	skillion [ skil-yuhn ] / ˈskɪl yən / noun Australian. a lean-to serving as a room or a shed. Origin of skillion First recorded in 1860–65; alteration of skilling, originally dialect (S England), Middle English skyling; sense suggests kinship with dialectal scale “hut, shed” (from Old Norse skāli; ), but phonetic development obscure; see -ing³,cf. shiel Words nearby skillion skilled nursing facility, skilless, skillet, skillful, skilling, skillion, skill-less, skill set, skilly, Skil Saw, skim Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for skillion Next day I found one of the skillion rooms scrubbed out and a bed fixed up for me. Joe Wilson and His Mates\|Henry Lawson I put the other horses back in the yard, the saddles in the skillion, got on my horse and rode off. Children of the Bush\|Henry Lawson Jack Drew camped in a skillion room behind his printing office, and had his meals at the Royal. Over the Sliprails\|Henry Lawson I noticed the storm had taken a sheet of iron off the skillion, and supposed he'd sleep at the Royal that night. Over the Sliprails\|Henry Lawson British Dictionary definitions for skillion skillion / (ˈskɪlɪən) / noun Australian a part of a building having a lower, esp sloping, roof; lean-to (as modifier)a skillion roof Word Origin for skillion C19: from English dialect skilling outhouse Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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