Definition of Leanto
Lean"-to` (?), a. (Arch.)
Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof. --
n. A shed or slight building placed against
the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; --
called also penthouse, and to-fall.
The outer circuit was covered as a lean-to, all
round this inner apartment. De Foe.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A shelter with a sloped roof; also a building with a similar construction attached to the side of a building as an extension;
"The only other alternative was to lodge her in the little modern lean-to, which I have already described as being tacked on to the side of the old building."
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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