skillion

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(skilyən)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
skil•lion  (skilyən),USA pronunciation n. [Australian.]
  1. British Termsa lean-to serving as a room or a shed.
  • Old Norse skāli; compare shiel), but phonetic development obscure; see -ing3
  • 1860–65; alteration of skilling, origin, originally dialect, dialectal (south, southern England), Middle English skyling; sense suggests kinship with dialect, dialectal scale hut, shed (

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