lean-to

[ leen-too ]

/ ˈlinˌtu /

a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.

a roof of a single pitch with the higher end abutting a wall or larger building.

a structure with such a roof.

Origin of lean-to

1425–75; late Middle English; noun use of verb phrase lean to

On the lean-to side is a milk or dairy-room, 88 feet, lighted by a window.

Rural Architecture |Lewis Falley Allen
Under a lean-to that covered a door in the side of the house was a barrel of water and a bench with two basins.

Out of the Depths |Robert Ames Bennet
Then we went into the lean-to, where there were some loose boards in the corner, but they wouldn't do.

Sunny Slopes |Ethel Hueston
The roof thatched to his satisfaction, he broke a quantity of boughs and with some care prepared a bed under the lean-to.

Troop One of the Labrador |Dillon Wallace

Wade, his heart made tender by his own grief, gazed towards the lonesome isolation of the lean-to with moistening eyes.

King Spruce, A Novel |Holman Day

lean-to

a roof that has a single slope with its upper edge adjoining a wall or building

a shed or outbuilding with such a roof