makeshift Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
    stopgap; make-do.
  2. adjective satellite done or made using whatever is available
    jury-rigged; improvised.
    • crossed the river on improvised bridges
    • the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear
    • the rock served as a makeshift hammer

WordNet

Make"shift` noun
Definitions
  1. That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill.
    I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.

Webster 1913