Abstract

Citations of hut in the Oxford English Dictionary are substantially ante-dated by occurrences of the word in the place-names Hutfall and The Hutt. The place-name evidence also demonstrates that the sense 'a dwelling of ruder and meaner construction . . . than a house' is earlier than the sense 'a wooden structure for the temporary housing of troops'.

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