Anderson shelter

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Etymology[edit]

Named after Sir John Anderson, who initiated the development of the shelter.

Noun[edit]

Anderson shelter (plural Anderson shelters)

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  1. An air-raid shelter made from curved and straight galvanised corrugated steel panels.
    • 1939 November, Charles E. Lee, “Railways and the War — I”, in Railway Magazine, page 313:
      The now familiar Anderson air-raid shelter, officially described as "the galvanised corrugated steel shelter," was manufactured in sections by numbers of firms in different parts of the country.
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