hutment

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noun

An encampment of huts.

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Meanings

nounhutment (plural hutments)

plural hutments

  1. governmentAn encampment of huts.

    This involved the erection of hutments for sleeping quarters, canteen, ablution block, and so on, with temporary sidings for the tunnel train, all of which was contained in the sidings yard at Chapel-en-le-Frith Central station.

    1957 June 28, “Relining Dove Holes Tunnel”, in Railway Magazine, page 423

Origin

From hut + -ment.

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Translations

Irish bothchampa
  • bothchampaan encampment of huts
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APA

hutment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hutment

MLA

“hutment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hutment. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hutment,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hutment.

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