portacabin
English
Etymology
From the trademark Portakabin, itself from portable cabin.
Noun
portacabin (plural portacabins)
- A prefabricated hut that is transportable, often used as an office or for storage.
- 2007, S.A.S.: Special Ace Supply (teacher), Quick Brown Fox Publication (→ISBN), page 11:
- At least I'm not in a portacabin. Whenever I find myself heading towards a peripheral portacabin, I experience the same visceral feeling that the French aristocrats had when they rode the tumbrels to Madame Guillotine.
- 2009, Julian Beirne, Diary of a Sapper, Julian Beirne (→ISBN), page 298:
- We have done our portacabin out with balloons, paper chains and “Support troop is One Step Beyond.” It looks all Christmassy, with the snow, it is quite good.
- 2007, S.A.S.: Special Ace Supply (teacher), Quick Brown Fox Publication (→ISBN), page 11:
Further reading
portable building on Wikipedia.Wikipedia