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skillion /ˈskiljən /(also skilling) noun AustralianA lean-to attached to a dwelling and providing additional accommodation, especially as a kitchen: the wind took the skillion off the side of the woolshed...- The ordinary, slightly makeshift materials, the proportions and the detailing, and the strange tilt of the skillion, confirms that knowing hands are at work.
- The subtle combination of red brick and skillion reiterate the form of the coastline.
- The architect explains how the volume of the building employs "a series of geometric shifts" that transform it from "a skillion at one end" to "a gable at the other".
Origin Early 19th century: from British dialect skilling or skeeling. |