lean-to

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

A pent-house. An addition made to a house behind, or at the end of it, chiefly for domestic offices, of one story or more, lower than the main building, and the roof of it leaning against the wall of the house.--Forby's Norfolk Glossary. The word is used in New England, where it is commonly pronounced linter.--Pickering.

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