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leanto (plural leantos)

  1. Alternative form of lean-to
    • 1842 April, “Farm Buildings.”, in American Agriculturist, volume 1, number 1, New York, →OCLC, page 119, column 2:
      The utmost possible economy of room is made for packing the hay and grain, and the stables are mere leantos, made of light frame, attached to the sides and ends of the main building.
    • 1973, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, Melanesian Journal, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 110:
      Across the river, and a short way from the village is a small leanto hut, which is pointed out to me by the Weme people as a hut in which a sick and dying man of their group moved, rather than stay in the village...