gutted

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Most of the troops we passed had tents, and some were hutted in hovels made of pine-boughs, thatched with the leaves or twigs of those trees.

From In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by Morse, John

In the winter of 1807, Napoleon established his army in cantonments behind the Passarge in face of the enemy, the advanced guard alone being hutted near the cities of Gutstadt, Osterode, &c.

From The Art of War by Mendell, George Henry

Farewell, Romance!" the Lake-folk sighed; "We lift the weight of flatling years; The caverns of the mountain-side Hold him who scorns our hutted piers.

From Verses 1889-1896 by Kipling, Rudyard

In fact, we were no sooner hutted than we were on the march, if there were but the least excuse in the way of a bit of open weather, or a Tory raid.

From Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

One or two families of natives afterwards appeared hutted on the riverbank nearly opposite to our camp, and Piper opened a conversation with them across the river.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell, Thomas