What is the meaning of Lean-to?

  • (a.) Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof.
  • (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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