beach hutn.
/ˈbiːtʃ hʌt/, U.S. /ˈbitʃ ˌ(h)ət/ Chiefly British.
A small hut on or next to a beach; (in later use) esp. one used for privacy or shelter while visiting the beach during the day.In the United Kingdom a beach hut used for leisure is most typically one of a row of colourful wooden huts along the top of a stretch of beach.In quot. 1806: a hut built on a remote shore as a temporary shelter for shipwrecked sailors.
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lonquhardc1480
hothouse1643
ajoupa1666
penthouse1683
pandal?1692
bark-hut1744
log-tent1748
log cabin1770
bush-hut1775
log-hut1778
yurt1780
isba1784
beach hut1806
whare1807
bough-house1811
pondok1815
grass hut1818
hartebeest house1818
leaf hut1818
gunyah1820
grass house1823
slab-and-bark hut1826
slab-and-shingle hut1826
slab whare1826
rondavel1829
bush-house1835
skerm1835
jacal1838
toldo1839
log-shanty1847
wurley1847
maloca1853
palm hut1853
whare1853
hutmenta1857
bush-shanty1857
benab1860
pondokkie1862
bothan1863
lanaia1869
hogan1872
tenta1873
beehive-hut1884
leaf shelter1886
Oklahoma1889
goondie1890
cabana1898
troolie hut1899
tukul1901
fale1902
banda1908
kya1909
hut1913
obi1913
Nissen hut1917
Nissen1919
basha1921
tourist cabin1928
bunkie1935
wanigan1937
Quonset hut1942
chickee1943
iron lung1943
Quonset1943
1806 Monthly Anthol. (Boston) Oct. 552/1 The plunderers of the beach huts of the society.
1856 Afr. Pilot (Hydrographic Office, London) I. ix. 194 The Avons Deep..narrows to a point at 6½ miles from the beach-huts at Palma.
1906 Daily Tel. 16 Apr. 12/1 The facilities offered to visitors for the hire of beach huts and tents cannot fail to be appreciated.
1955 M. Gilbert Sky High xiv. 194 A matter of breaking into an empty beach hut.
2004 C. Connelly Attention All Shipping (2005) 167 I reached the end of the esplanade, passed the public conveniences and the beach huts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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