Definition of skillion in English:

skillion

(also skilling)

noun ˈskiljən

Australian

A lean-to attached to a dwelling and providing additional accommodation, especially as a kitchen.
the wind took the skillion off the side of the woolshed
Example sentencesExamples
- The ordinary, slightly makeshift materials, the proportions and the detailing, and the strange tilt of the skillion, confirms that knowing hands are at work.
- He lay hidden for weeks in a back skillion.
- The shed was an extensive central portion flanked on each side by a low skillion.
- The architect explains how the volume of the building employs "a series of geometric shifts" that transform it from "a skillion at one end" to "a gable at the other".
- All the necessary repairs noted at the last inspection have been effected, and two small skillion rooms have been added to the residence.
- He used to take the boards home to his cottage, and with them he put up a skillion.
- She is at least spared stereotypical depiction as drunken and raucous in her filthy skillion.
- The subtle combination of red brick and skillion reiterate the form of the coastline.

Origin

Early 19th century: from British dialect skilling or skeeling.

词汇	skillion
释义	Definition of skillion in English: skillion (also skilling) noun ˈskiljən Australian A lean-to attached to a dwelling and providing additional accommodation, especially as a kitchen. the wind took the skillion off the side of the woolshed Example sentencesExamples The ordinary, slightly makeshift materials, the proportions and the detailing, and the strange tilt of the skillion, confirms that knowing hands are at work. He lay hidden for weeks in a back skillion. The shed was an extensive central portion flanked on each side by a low skillion. The architect explains how the volume of the building employs "a series of geometric shifts" that transform it from "a skillion at one end" to "a gable at the other". All the necessary repairs noted at the last inspection have been effected, and two small skillion rooms have been added to the residence. He used to take the boards home to his cottage, and with them he put up a skillion. She is at least spared stereotypical depiction as drunken and raucous in her filthy skillion. The subtle combination of red brick and skillion reiterate the form of the coastline. Origin Early 19th century: from British dialect skilling or skeeling.
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