Hut

Dwelling

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Drawings of petroglyphs from the Tagar Culture, 1st millennium BC in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Huts and a larger building in the form of burial urns at the museum at the Baths of Diocletian in Rome, Italy. Image: Sailko A mountain hut in Enontekiö, Finland. Chozo in Extremadura, Spain.

A hut is a small dwelling, which may be constructed of various local materials. Huts are a type of vernacular architecture because they are built of readily available materials such as wood, snow, ice, stone, grass, palm leaves, branches, clay, hides, fabric, or mud using techniques passed down through the generations.

The construction of a hut is generally less complex than that of a house (durable, well-built dwelling) but more so than that of a shelter (place of refuge or safety) such as a tent and is used as temporary or seasonal shelter or as a permanent dwelling in some indigenous societies.[1]

Huts exist in practically all nomadic cultures. Some huts are transportable and can stand most conditions of weather.

## Word[edit]

The term is often employed by people who consider non-western style homes in tropical and sub-tropical areas to be crude or primitive, but often the designs are based on traditions of local craftsmanship using sophisticated architectural techniques. The designs in tropical and sub-tropical areas favour high airflow configurations built from non-conducting materials, which allow heat dissipation. The term house or home is considered by some to be more appropriate.

In the Western world the word hut is often used for a wooden shed.

The term has also been adopted by climbers and backpackers to refer to a more solid and permanent structure offering refuge. These vary from simple bothies – which are little more than very basic shelters – to mountain huts that are far more luxurious and can even include facilities such as restaurants.

The word comes from the 1650s, from French hutte "cottage" (16c.), from Middle High German hütte "cottage, hut," probably from Proto-Germanic *hudjon-, related to the root of Old English hydan "to hide," from PIE *keudh-, from root (s)keu- (see hide (n.1)). Apparently first in English as a military word. Old Saxon hutta, Danish hytte, Swedish hytta, West Frisian and Middle Dutch hutte, Dutch hut are from High German. Ukrainian "hata" seems to be known from even earlier ages. Avestan or ancient Iranian origins presumably."[2] related to hide, a covering.

## Modern use[edit]

Hut in a village of Tebat Karai District Hut in farm outside Indian village Hut in Kambalakonda eco park Visakhapatnam A hut in Tharparkar, Sindh An old hunting hut in Utajärvi, Finland

Huts are used by shepherds when moving livestock between seasonal grazing areas such as mountainous and lowland pastures (transhumance).

They are also commonly used by backpackers and other travelers in rural areas.

Some displaced populations of people use huts throughout the world during a diaspora. For example, temporary collectors in the wilderness agricultural workers at plantations in the Amazon jungle.

Huts have been built for purposes other than as a dwelling such as storage, workshops, and teaching.

## Types[edit]

### Traditional[edit]

* Bahay kubo – a traditional Filipino stilt house made of bamboo and palm fronds as roofing. They are designed to be lightweight so they can be moved from one place to another by being carried by group of men, a practice commonly called bayanihan.
* Balok – a Siberian wilderness hut made of logs, usually communal, used by hunters, fishermen and travelers in the more distant parts of Siberia. Some baloks are mobile and mounted on sleds.
* Barabara – an earth sheltered winter home of the Aleut people
* Barracks – an old term for a temporary hut,[1] now more used as a term for military housing and a unique hay storage structure called a hay barrack.
* Bothy – originally a one-room hut for male farm workers in the United Kingdom, now a mountain hut for overnight hikers.
* Burdei or bordei – a dugout or pit-house with a sod roof in Romania, Ukraine and Canada.
* Cabana – an open shelter
* Chozo – Spanish for hut
* Clochán – Irish dry stone hut
* Dry stone hut
* Earth lodge – Native American dwelling
* Heartebeest Hut – hut used by South African Trekboer built of reeds, sometimes plastered with mud.
* Hytte – Norwegian cabin or hut
* Igloo – a hut made of hard snow or ice
* Kolba – Afghanistan hut
* Khata – Ukrainian hut
* Lodge is a general term for a hut or cabin such as a log cabin or cottage. Lodge is used to refer to a tipi, sweat lodge, and hunting, fishing, skiing, and safari lodge.
* Mitato – a small, dry stone hut in Greece
* Orri – a French dry stone and sod hut
* Rondavel – Central and South Africa
* Roundhouse (dwelling) – a circular hut or house typically with a conical roof
* Sheiling – originally a temporary shelter or hut for shepherds, now may be a stone building. Common in Scotland.
* Sod house – a pioneer house type on the American Plains where wood was scarce.
* Sukkah – Israel and Jewish diaspora
* Trullo \- a dry stone hut in Apulia, Italy
* Tule hut – coastal North America, West Coast, Northern California
* Oca – Brazilian hut
* Quinzhee – Canadian snow shelter
* Yurt – Central and North Asia

### Modern[edit]

* HORSA hut – a prefabricated school building built to cope with additional demand from the Education Act 1944.
* Laing hut – a prefabricated lightweight timber wall sections bolted together, externally clad with plasterboard and felt. Designed in 1940 for barrack accommodation.[3]
* Nissen hut – a prefabricated steel structure made from a semicircle of corrugated steel invented 1st quarter 20th century.
* Jamesway hut – a variation of a Nissen hut
* Romney hut – a variation of a Nissen hut
* Quonset hut – a type of Nissen hut of lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated steel
* Pratten hut – a prefabricated building generally used in schools for classrooms in the UK after World War 2.
* Scout hut – term given for the buildings used as the meeting place of members of The Scout Association world-wide.

## Construction[edit]

Remains of a mud hut, with interior layers exposed. This hut was destroyed during a major earthquake.

Many huts are designed to be relatively quick and inexpensive to build. Construction often does not require specialized tools or knowledge.[4]

## Marketing usage[edit]

The term Hut is also used to name many commercial stores, companies, and concepts. The name implies a small, casual venue, often with a fun and friendly atmosphere. Examples include Pizza Hut and Sunglass Hut. Kiosks may be constructed to look like huts and are often found at parks, malls, beaches, or other public places, selling a variety of inexpensive food or goods. Luxury hotels in tropical areas where guests are assigned to occupy their own freestanding structure sometimes call the structure a "hut", though such huts typically bear little more than superficial resemblance to the traditional concept of a hut.

## See also[edit]

A Sami family in front of goahti. Photo was taken around 1900 in northern Scandinavia.

* Architecture of Africa
* Cabane en pierre sèche – French dry stone huts
* Lean-to – a type of shelter
* Mountain hut – building that provides food and shelter for hikers and mountaineers
* Palloza – Spanish type of roundhouse
* The Primitive Hut – concept in architectural theory
* Tipi – Central North America tent

## References[edit]

Look up hut in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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1. ^ a b Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) © Oxford University Press 2009
2. ^ "Online Etymology Dictionary". etymonline.com. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
3. ^ "Warwickshire County Council Museum: Laing hut". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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