v-hut

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

a term used in the province of Canterbury,New Zealand. See quotations.

1857. R. B. Paul, `Letters from Canterbury,' p. 57:

«The form is that of a V hut, the extremities of therafters being left bare, so as to form buttresses to the walls» (of the church).

1863. S. Butler, `First Year in Canterbury,' p. 73:

«I am now going to put up a V-hut on the country that I took upon the Rangitata. . . . It consists of a small roof set up onthe ground; it is a hut all roof and no walls.»

1879. C. L.Innes, `Canterbury Sketches,' p. 20:

«In case my readers may not know what a `V' hut is like, I willdescribe one: – – It is exactly as if you took the roof off ahouse and stood it on the ground, you can only stand upright inthe middle.»

1896. Jan. A Traveller's note:

«Not long ago a Canterbury lady said – – `I was born in a V-hut,and christened in a pie-dish.'»

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