Anderson shelter

English

Etymology

Named after Sir John Anderson, who initiated the development of the shelter.

Noun

Anderson shelter (plural Anderson shelters)

1. An air-raid shelter made from curved and straight galvanised corrugated steel panels.
   • 1939 November, Charles E. Lee, “Railways and the War — I”, in Railway Magazine, page 313:

     The now familiar Anderson air-raid shelter, officially described as "the galvanised corrugated steel shelter," was manufactured in sections by numbers of firms in different parts of the country.