LEAN-TO

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof. -- n.

2.
a.

A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall. The outer circuit was covered as a lean-to, all round this inner apartment. De Foe.