A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
a thatched hut; a mud hut; a shepherd’s hut
1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 186, 28 December, 1751, Volume 6, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, pp. 108-109,
[…] love, that extends his dominion wherever humanity can be found, perhaps exerts the same power in the Greenlander’s hut, as in the palaces of eastern monarchs.
A small wooden shed.
a groundsman’s hut
(agriculture, obsolete) A small stack of grain.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To provide (someone) with shelter in a hut.
to hut troops in winter quarters
(archaic, intransitive) To take shelter in a hut.
1653, Newsletter sent from London to Edward Nicholas dated 17 June, 1653, in William Dunn Macray (ed.), Calendar of the Clarendon State Papers, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1869, Volume 2, p. 219,
Seven boatfuls of Dutch prisoners have been taken to Chelsea College, where they are to hut under the walls.
(agriculture, obsolete, transitive) To stack (sheaves of grain).
interjection
(American football) Called by the quarterback to prepare the team for a play.