lean-to

The overheated furrier rushed to erect a lean-to out of walking sticks and an antelope hide, fanning himself with one hand the entire time.

Her likeness, hauled down in the war’s first year, is now boxed up in a black lean-to outside the damaged art museum.

Officials had also said there was a lean-to — a type of crude shelter — near the campsite, indicating they tried to escape the elements.

Near the campsite authorities found a “lean-to” — a type of crude shelter — made with logs held together by some cordage, a sign that the group was probably trying to find refuge from the weather.

It appeared they had begun to build a “lean-to” type shelter but not finished by the time last year’s harsh winter began, he said.