desrick

English

Etymology

Originally an Appalachian and North Carolinian dialectal term.

Noun

desrick (plural desricks)

1. (US) A roughly built cabin or shanty.
   • 2009, Derek Brereton, Campsteading, →ISBN:

     The camp building has a few notable quirks: […] a door cut straight from the wall, a wide sliding barn door between porch and dining room, outbuildings that look like Appalachian desricks, […]

Anagrams

• Redicks, dickers, scriked