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Definition of skillion in English: skillion(also skilling) noun ˈskiljən Australian A lean-to attached to a dwelling and providing additional accommodation, especially as a kitchen. the wind took the skillion off the side of the woolshed Example sentencesExamples - The ordinary, slightly makeshift materials, the proportions and the detailing, and the strange tilt of the skillion, confirms that knowing hands are at work.
- He lay hidden for weeks in a back skillion.
- The shed was an extensive central portion flanked on each side by a low skillion.
- The architect explains how the volume of the building employs "a series of geometric shifts" that transform it from "a skillion at one end" to "a gable at the other".
- All the necessary repairs noted at the last inspection have been effected, and two small skillion rooms have been added to the residence.
- He used to take the boards home to his cottage, and with them he put up a skillion.
- She is at least spared stereotypical depiction as drunken and raucous in her filthy skillion.
- The subtle combination of red brick and skillion reiterate the form of the coastline.
Origin Early 19th century: from British dialect skilling or skeeling. |