skillion
[ skil-yuh n ]
/ ˈskɪl yən /
noun Australian.
a lean-to serving as a room or a shed.
Words nearby skillion
Example sentences from the Web for skillion
Next day I found one of the skillion rooms scrubbed out and a bed fixed up for me.
Joe Wilson and His Mates |Henry LawsonI put the other horses back in the yard, the saddles in the skillion, got on my horse and rode off.
Children of the Bush |Henry LawsonJack Drew camped in a skillion room behind his printing office, and had his meals at the Royal.
Over the Sliprails |Henry LawsonI noticed the storm had taken a sheet of iron off the skillion, and supposed he'd sleep at the Royal that night.
Over the Sliprails |Henry Lawson
British Dictionary definitions for skillion
skillion
/ (ˈskɪlɪən) /
noun
Australian
- a part of a building having a lower, esp sloping, roof; lean-to
- (as modifier)a skillion roof
Word Origin for skillion
C19: from English dialect
skilling outhouse