lean-to Meaning, Definition & Usage

Lean"-to` adjective

Definitions

1. (Arch.) Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof. -- n. A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall. a crude, usually temporary shelter comprising a lean-to roof braced against any convenient support, as a wall, a tree or a pole. The roof may extend all the way to the ground.

   The outer circuit was covered as a lean-to, all round this inner apartment. De Foe.