| 单词 | lean-to |
| 例句 | But the only thing back there was the lean-to where we kept the wood for the fireplace. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z She went into the lean-to, the gray room, and closed the door and sat in the darkness, listening to the pain creep back into her fingers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The beam searches out the pine tree, the fencing, the lean-to....And then I see this big German shepherd, mean as nails, hunched over Shiloh there on the ground. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The man guided us to a lean-to in the yard and bade us all wait while he requested his daughter heat us some mash. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But it struck him that he ought to find a good place for the lean-to and so he decided to look around first. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaede came from the lean-to behind the cottage carrying an earthenware jar. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Next they turned their attention to the lean-to shed, or the Temple, as they were already beginning to call it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s wood out back, behind the lean-to,” she said. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A loud bang in the lean-to turned her attention. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm dragged La Belle Sauvage out of the water and under the lean-to at the side of the inn and hurried inside, his arms aching, and raced up to his bedroom. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z With a tarp we made a lean-to and built a large fire out in front of it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe he was staring at John, who probably sat in the lean-to reading my primer like I should’ve been doing. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “So I went to her house when she was gone,” said LaPautre, “to remove a trap from the lean-to where she keeps them. That’s when it happened.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He crept to the lean-to and stood in front of her—not a ring, not a pin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she built the lean-to and had it painted gray. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I fetch a dixie and wood from the hut and we crawl into a small deserted lean-to which we use for such purposes. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the last added lean-to bedrooms were old and weathered and the putty around the windowpanes had shrunk away from the glass. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “God,” Derek said in a whisper, a tight sound in the darkness back in the lean-to. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z About fifty yards along was a lean-to shack, which he entered. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z As I sat in bed, trying to make my letters look decent, I heard John Worth go into the lean-to chatting up a storm. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Each night, that boy came into the lean-to just a-talking away like he had himself an invisible friend, chatting on about all he’d seen that day in hawks and prairie dogs and such. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z She lay on her bunk thinking of that savage mighty bear, and the careless way he drank his fiery spirit, and the loneliness of him in his dirty lean-to. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The lean-to temple now had two altars and two gods. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened the door and went into a new little lean-to. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He set down the tray and went to the door of the lean-to and knocked and knocked again and then called. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The sound of hammering meant Karl was already busy with a lean-to for the horses. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He carried the tray into the lean-to and set it gingerly on the tilted reading table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Alsvindr nickered at her from his lean-to barn as she passed it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Then she crawled backward out of the lean-to. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The cook stirred in his lean-to behind the kitchen, groping for his clothes and putting on his clodhopper shoes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In die park that time they had decided the best shelter was a lean-to and Brian set out now to make one up. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I take the planks up to Shiloh’s pen and make him a lean-to at one end, to protect him from rain. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked off to his lean-to and removed his vest and hard hat. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Palmer further imagined that Beans lived by himself in a lean-to, or even better, a cave, a hole, down by the creek. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He had hoped to come across a hunter’s lean-to or even a temple, but no such shelter appeared as the sun began to descend below the treetops. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Apples piled high, some lent their aroma to the air from where they dried in the sun on the lean-to roofs and others as they bubbled into jellies and jams. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam was in a lean-to he had constructed on the mountainside. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Sometimes a heavy crash and the lean-to shivers. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Is he smart enough to go under that lean-to I’d made for him? Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They had moved back into the lean-to to try to get some rest since the mosquitoes partially lessened, but the temporary roof did nothing, absolutely nothing, to slow the water. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Their eyes flew over the broken birdbath, the Crumbling statue of Diana the Huntress, and the stack of fancy wooden porch pillars, and came to rest on something in the lean-to shack. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I sprinted down the stream and made myself a lean-to near some cliffs where I thought the bird had disappeared. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She had that boy sleeping in the lean-to like a dog. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Woodsmen, white or black, all country people were free to enter a lean-to, a hunter’s shooting cabin. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Whitlaw went outside to where someone had rigged a lean-to out of branches to shelter a fire. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In the storeroom he put on his high boots and his oilskin raincoat and sou’wester, and then he went to the lean-to and put up the coal-silk tarpaulin on La Belle Sauvage. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Moonlight shone down on the clearing, the ashes of the firepit, the snow-covered lean-to, the great rock, the little half-frozen stream. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Inside the log lean-to, he had dug out a deep, round hole. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Outside, the others slept heavily and fearfully in the lodge made from rolls of bark saved in the lean-to. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Come on,” he said, and Alice followed as he splashed around to the garden, to the storeroom, to the lean-to, where he kept the canoe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z We walked toward the sound of a diesel pump until we came to a rickety corrugated-iron shed, kind of a lean-to that was open on one side. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At the center table she poured cold tea into her cup and carried the cup to the gray room in the lean-to and set it on the reading table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A pitted alley beside it led to a sheet-metal gate into a rear yard, where a lean-to shed stood crazily over a floor of frozen mud. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He made himself a lean-to with sticks and canvas. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And even more surprised, ten minutes later, to discover that Beans did not live in a lean-to or a hole, after all, but in a house. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Sam was at his lean-to, his elbows propped on his knees, his binocs pinned on the green pickup. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “I used seaweed to reinforce the walls on my lean-to,” Miss Montana chimed in. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I go to the lean-to that protects our firewood from rain and snow, and stack the heavy pieces of wood in my arms. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z It had been years since the Professor had made any use of the area, and the weed-grown yard and open lean-to shed were empty except for a few pieces of forgotten junk. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Some mornings, you forget Mom’s milk and head right on over to the lean-to. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But for some reason—some protective thought—they had crawled back into the lean-to when the mosquitoes first came. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z They had made a crude lean-to—Brian missed the overhanging rock with his shelter back inside a great deal. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z “I gotta go,” he said, and before Mars Bar could react, he was over the fence and hurrying for the lean-to. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other side was a little icehouse, just a lean-to shed floored Crowding the room were a dozen rectangular troughs raised on sawhorses and filled with ice. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Seen you when I built that crazy lean-to for Kate. Now why in hell did she want that for? No window.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At the winter cabin, Deydey had built a rough lean-to and attached it alongside the northern wall. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He came to rest on a large maple near Sam’s lean-to and flattened his feathers to his body. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Heading south, the trail along the river passes campsites and a lean-to used by hikers and paddlers. Touring Maine’s Newest — and Largest — Parcel of Federal Land 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z I hastily apprenticed myself as a roommate, and we set about piling sticks into the exoskeleton of a lean-to. Mud, Worms and Ropes: A One-Day Survival Course 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Built in the early 1800s, it is essentially two buildings in one, a lean-to greenhouse attached to a brick barn, the latter used originally for housing the greenhouse heating apparatus and for housing people. The autumn allure of the greenhouse 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z He was sitting under a thatch-roofed lean-to, about half a mile south and more toward the sea from our marooned car. A Road Trip in Mexico Gone Wrong 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The most arresting presentation over the course of multiple visits to both restaurants captured bites of crisp and snowy flounder beneath a lean-to made of woven cane. Peter Chang restaurant review: A master’s cooking, times two 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z During the summer, there are 20 tent sites and 14 lean-to shelters, as well as caving opportunities and hiking trails. Top 10 national and state parks in New England, USA 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z The only signs of human intrusion were the occasional lean-to and small bamboo raft on the rocky shore that are used by local fishermen. In Far-Flung Myanmar, a Land of Contradictions 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Maine closed all lean-to shelters and campsites on state land, including Baxter State Park, which also forbids hiking above the tree line and on the trail’s first — or final — 5.2 miles. Appalachian Trail reopens to day-trippers but urges thru-hikers to stay home 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z As we sniffed around the lean-to that once served as the kitchen, it was easy to forget we were on an island at all. On Padre in Texas, Soft Sand, Shells and Seclusion 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z The campground offers 26 lean-to shelters and 17 tent sites but reservations are recommended and can be made up to 11 months in advance. Top 10 national and state parks in New England, USA 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z There’s a laundry room and a half bathroom off the side of this floor in what was originally the attached lean-to woodshed. House Tour: New Hope, Pa. 2010-08-05T21:55:00Z Climbing into a lean-to, I felt an almost deranged euphoria. Our most dangerous hike 2012-05-21T01:00:00Z Also in the area is the Ore Hill Shelter, a more spacious and secluded lean-to, surrounded by a large, cleared-out area and dense woods. | Dartmouth Country 2011-11-02T20:26:42Z Scattered throughout Indonesia, warungs usually occupy a modest shack or roadside lean-to with a small counter and a bench where customers sit and eat traditional dishes. Choice Tables: The Flavor of Bali, at Roadside Stands 2009-12-16T20:56:00Z At night she sleeps in an unheated lean-to. In Nell Zink’s ‘Avalon,’ a Young Woman Is Too Busy for Revenge 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z In “California Art Collector,” a matron, rendered in modern grisaille, occupies an armchair beneath a lean-to that echoes the manger in Piero Della Francesca’s “Nativity” in the National Gallery in London. David Hockney’s Life in Painting: Spare, Exuberant, Full 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Before impending nuclear annihilation, a husband paints the windows white and builds a lean-to shelter while his wife frets about his staining the curtains and marking the wallpaper. Raymond Briggs, Illustrator of ‘The Snowman,’ Dies at 88 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Embedded deep in the city’s Great Market, the cooperative is an artisan village unto itself, a tangle of dirt lanes and alleys lined with lean-to sheds. An Art Critic in Africa: In Mali, Finding Art as Authentic as Life Itself 2012-04-16T18:59:43Z The four-acre parcel features a log lean-to, a stone fire pit, and a detached garage. Retreat to This Rustic Cabin in Carmel, New York 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z When we pulled up at the campground, a tarp served as a lean-to protecting the friendly park ranger Buck and his wife from the drizzle. A backcountry refuge in Great Smoky Mountains National Park 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z There, as museumgoers looked on and a clock ticked away above him, Mr. Burden lay on the floor beneath a lean-to fashioned from a glass panel. Chris Burden, a Conceptualist With Scars, Dies at 69 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z I can move slowly across a desolate beach in Vancouver with my camera, and stop at an abandoned lean-to made of driftwood. Essay: Through a Lens Sharply 2014-04-09T18:16:12Z Set back beneath a lean-to roof are a bath and areas for prep and storage. Outdoor Rooms 2010-06-14T17:36:00Z Officials had also said there was a lean-to — a type of crude shelter — near the campsite, indicating they tried to escape the elements. Colorado family trying to live off the grid died of malnutrition, hypothermia 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Near the campsite authorities found a “lean-to” — a type of crude shelter — made with logs held together by some cordage, a sign that the group was probably trying to find refuge from the weather. They ventured into the Colorado Rockies to live 'off the grid,' away from a scary world. It ended badly 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z It appeared they had begun to build a “lean-to” type shelter but not finished by the time last year’s harsh winter began, he said. Three found dead at campsite were members of Colorado Springs family who planned to live ‘off grid’ 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z There were personal belongings and tarps at the scene, and a lean-to built from local logs over a firepit. Three badly decomposing bodies found in remote Colorado campsite 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Makeshift lean-to structures dot the overgrown courtyards of their apartment complex where residents gather to cook over fires. Winter is coming: Ukrainians dig in for brutal season ahead 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Sleeping in a lean-to on the property, Bran is made from adolescence onward to earn her keep by helping take care of the plants. Nell Zink’s ‘Avalon’: A modern fairy tale about a college-age woman’s search for utopia 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z At the start of the novel, Bran lives with her common-law stepfather and his family in a lean-to on their farm in indentured servitude. Review: Nell Zink's addictively high-concept, low-fi fiction comes to California 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The painters, in less than half an hour, fabricated a moveable lean-to out from a sheet of heavy translucent plastic and lumber from the trailer. How to keep building projects underway despite winter weather 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z If you're outside and caught in the storm, find shelter and try to stay dry and cover all exposed body parts, exercise or build a lean-to, windbreak or snow cave and fire for heat. Nor'easters: What to know about them and how to keep safe when they hit 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z He spent eight cannabis-growing seasons in the Parvati Valley in northern India, living in a cave or a lean-to. Frenchy Cannoli, Ardent Evangelist for Hashish, Dies at 64 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z “I’m waiting for July 4 to see,” said Malik Aljubaydi, who lay on a mattress under the shade of his lean-to. Push to clear homeless camps from Venice Beach gears up 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z But the vehicle was impounded because he kept getting parking tickets despite his disabled placard, and for six years, home was a lean-to in Koreatown. Column: He went from Yale to Wall Street to homelessness. Now he's rising back up 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z The lean-to allowed them to get the job done a day earlier than anticipated. How to keep building projects underway despite winter weather 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z One point of entry was a hole in a rock wall on the property, which was covered up by a lean-to. Inside the Mystery of a Country Moonshine Bunker 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z If there were two camps, his was a hastily constructed lean-to. Rival scientists divided over lockdowns may make a good story – but how accurate is it? | Stephen Buranyi 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Once on the plantation, Sayed said he lived in an isolated lean-to, dependent on his boss to bring what little rice and dried fish he was given to eat. Palm oil labor abuses linked to world’s top brands, banks 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z For about six years, home for him and his common-law husband was a lean-to near 7th and Hobart in Koreatown. Column: He went from Yale to Wall Street to homelessness. Now he's rising back up 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z The volunteers record every tent and lean-to they see as well as every car, van or RV they deem to be occupied. Does L.A. count its homeless, or make its best guess? A little of both, it turns out 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z The bear destroyed several unoccupied tents seeking food, entered a lean-to occupied by hikers and aggressively approached forest rangers, DEC spokesman David Winchell told the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Bear euthanized for raiding Adirondack High Peaks campsites 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Done with his work, Max settles back into the lean-to where he begins to paw the ground and slowly spin in a circle. Therapy horse adds to options for veterans 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Two of those who died were killed when high winds overturned their recreational vehicle, while another two - the child who died overnight and his mother - were hit by an outdoor restaurant’s lean-to roof that collapsed. Death toll from storm in northern Greece rises to 6 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z High winds overturned a recreational vehicle in one incident and caused the collapse of a lean-to roof at an outdoor restaurant in another. 5 dead from storms on northern Greece 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Instinctively, after being bitten, I slathered my knee in hand sanitizer as locals in the northwestern India city directed my partner and me to a small lean-to with a faded red cross painted on it. Perspective | I was bitten by a feral dog while overseas. My search for rabies shots was a terrifying ordeal. 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z And, because it involves noxious fumes, it usually takes place in the open or under a lean-to. How the US war on Afghan opium was lost 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z “It means this was not just your ramshackle expedient lean-to,” Ryzewski said. Detroit Land Bank demolishes Civil War-era log cabin 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z She is there to talk with Donald Shields, who lives in a makeshift lean-to with two of his childhood friends, out of sight and in a sorry state. Many people work hard to avoid the homeless. These volunteers embrace them 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z A black goat named Eyebrows and his sand-colored pals, Lily Belle and Swiss Cheese, lay sunbathing atop their wooden lean-to at the highest point of Prospect Park. In Prospect Park, First the Goats, Then the Shrubbery 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Campsites are available in the form of lean-to shelters and huts. Maine’s new monument offers chance for rustic adventures 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z You can go out, walk the dog, grill a few veggie dogs, build a small lean-to, read some Coleridge and all you’ll miss is a medium-length replay review and maybe a meeting on the mound. When the Nationals have Max Scherzer on the mound, you better not look away 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Dorothea Lange was driving by a pea pickers’ camp on the California coast when she stumbled across a weary mother and her many children huddled in a lean-to. Dorothea Lange’s iconic California image ‘Migrant Mother’ resonates in today’s social turmoil 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z The former resident said inside was a maze of fire hazards: a staircase made of wooden pallets, old pianos and couches, trinkets, furniture and ramshackle lean-to shelters. Oakland 'Ghost Ship' warehouse fire death toll rises to 24 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z His family took shelter under a hastily erected wooden lean-to. In the wake of Matthew, Haitian towns struggle with cholera 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Spend the night in a ‘lean-to’—a roofed shelter enclosed on three sides. Loathe the Great Outdoors? This Gear Will Help 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z This incident was just one in a recent rash of such encounters creating a more tense atmosphere in the lean-to village. Georgia editorial roundup 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z But he was held alone for six months, confined to his lean-to, or caleta, where at night he lay awake thinking, or listening in secret to a radio program that aired messages for hostages. A Reporter Recalls One of the Many Victims of Colombia’s War: Her Father 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z Several mourners said they would try to keep her lean-to open as a refuge for homeless people. Friends mourn 'Mother Teresa of the homeless,' who lived in an alley for 30 years 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Ms. Largay spent the night of July 21-22 in the Poplar Ridge lean-to in western Maine, less than 200 miles from the end of the trail. Geraldine Largay’s Wrong Turn: Death on the Appalachian Trail 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Then, at night, collapse onto your sleeping bag in one of the 10 lean-to shelters that the island provides for campers. Loathe the Great Outdoors? This Gear Will Help 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Candor estimated that a dozen people were sheltering in the lean-to. Brazil Seeks to Save Isolated Amazon Tribe Threatened by Loggers 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z He organized and coordinated a landscaping project and building of a lean-to at the llama and alpaca exhibit at the Minot Zoo in the fall of 2014, restoring facilities lost in the 2011 flood. Ceremony honors Scout, his twin brother who died last year 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Sahara McFadden, 31, said Prince put her up in her lean-to so she could get clean and have her son, now 4, drug-free in the hospital. Friends mourn 'Mother Teresa of the homeless,' who lived in an alley for 30 years 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The highlight of the home is a "quirky and contemporary version" of the lean-to, which holds the staircase. RIBA 2016 award: Twelve Yorkshire buildings on shortlist - BBC News 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The park offers multiple lean-to shelters for hikers and weekend campers, such as the scenic, historic stonewalled Tom Jones Shelter. Loathe the Great Outdoors? This Gear Will Help 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z We rushed back to the lean-to and found the lighter. How to Feel Like a Castaway 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z On this day, the group gathered sticks for the fire pit, listened to a story with handmade puppets in their lean-to, then scattered to play while O’Meacham and Neely swept leaves from the paths. Kindergarten revolves around outdoors 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z By night, they slept in a makeshift lean-to under a bridge. Stowaways and Crimes Aboard a Scofflaw Ship 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z They constantly replenished their canteen, a lean-to on the farm with a pool table and a dartboard. The odd couple: why an apartheid activist joined forces with a murderer 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z At the center of the park, just behind the fire pit, Lakenen stood by the lean-to he built to provide shelter from the winds and a wall to post laminated maps of the local trails. Whimsical welder welcomes visitors to UP sculpture park 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z There was a bamboo lean-to we could sleep under if it rained. How to Feel Like a Castaway 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The fire chief says the ashes were placed in a lean-to attached to the barn. Ashes from wood stove sparked house, barn fire 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z On a portside slope strewn with trash and excrement, Mr. Mndolwa’s thatch and stick lean-to contains a soiled blanket and dozens of losing lottery tickets, dangling like a mobile. Stowaways and Crimes Aboard a Scofflaw Ship 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z The angled roof is made from rusted corrugated tin from an old lean-to. EXCHANGE: Covered bridge key to Downs man’s vision 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Baugher built a pen and a little lean-to for the goat. The landmark goat of Detters Mill 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Holbert was at the scene with detectives when they found the remains not far from the bar where Holbert once worked and the lean-to type shelter where he lived, Medlock said. Remains of missing Fort Bragg medic found; suspect arrested 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Holbert was at the scene with detectives when they found the remains not far from the bar where Bordeaux once worked and the lean-to type shelter where she lived, Medlock said. Remains of missing Fort Bragg medic found; suspect arrested 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Unemployed Vasilica Panaghita, 54, was arrested after police found the men in a lean-to building at her house in Alum Rock Road, Birmingham. Woman charged with slavery offences 2014-01-10T16:54:11Z Holding a red-and-white plastic bag, she scavenged a few items of clothing from the tangled ruins for her daughters and then headed back to a lean-to that her husband had fashioned for their shelter. Typhoon Haiyan: How a Catastrophe Unfolded 2013-11-24T18:04:14Z The lean-to evolved into a little house, which has been expanded several times to include a storage area for Leonard’s food and a deck atop the house. The landmark goat of Detters Mill 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z He gestured to the squalid lean-to that jutted from the back of the bar. Abuja: Nigeria's unfinished capital 2013-10-18T00:05:20Z Outside, I could see a cooking area underneath a lean-to made from scrap wood and a thick tree whose branches hung heavily over the yard. Twelve Minutes of Freedom in 460 Days of Captivity 2013-08-28T18:07:36Z The widow bestowed a grateful look on the two lads asleep in the bunk which had been built in the little jog between the kitchen and lean-to. The Misfit Christmas Puddings 2012-05-22T15:16:50.590Z To his great delight Noel discovered a lean-to or shed in the rear of the house. The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam 2012-04-19T02:00:29.860Z Most Byzantine churches have but a single narthex—often a lean-to against the western wall; and in some few churches the narthex is altogether wanting. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z She laughed and ran lightly away, up the steep stairs that wound in threatening semi-spiral, up under the steep lean-to roof. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z Over near the lean-to, I could see the soldier boys lolling around. Twelve Minutes of Freedom in 460 Days of Captivity 2013-08-28T18:07:36Z The fire was encouraged to bestir itself, a kettle of water was put on to heat, and pails and scrubbing-brush were brought from the lean-to. The Misfit Christmas Puddings 2012-05-22T15:16:50.590Z It is what would be called in this country a shelter tent, or a lean-to open in front. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Gabe announced that he would stay in camp, and that afternoon, having found a suitable spot, a lean-to was erected, a fire built, and preparations made to stay there that night. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z She bade him good-bye in the long low room under the rear of the lean-to, where wood was piled and water buckets were set and storage made of supplies. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z It has been described as a "plain, square, honest block of a house, widened by a lean-to, and scarcely two stories high." Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z "Whist now, whist, Granny!" cried Mrs. M'Carty, coming in from the lean-to where she had been to bestow the insignia of her office, her board and tubs. The Misfit Christmas Puddings 2012-05-22T15:16:50.590Z Herbars, or arbors, were of two kinds: an upright arbor, which was merely a covered lean-to attached to a fence or wall; and a winding or "arch-arbor" standing alone. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z This was done, a lean-to being built with branches, and their rubber blankets spread on top, and well fastened down. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z Orchard Houses are span-roofed or lean-to structures, in which various fruits are cultivated without the aid of artificial heat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z We had lived in all kinds of huts and lean-to shanties; now nothing would do but regular log-houses. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z The children were out for a run in the fresh air, and Bridget and Michael were enjoying a few moments of happy converse together in the lean-to. The Misfit Christmas Puddings 2012-05-22T15:16:50.590Z The fire was to be kept up through the night; for a certain amount of heat might be expected to enter the lean-to through the opening where the canvas apron was drawn aside. Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z "Our lean-to has blown away, and it's raining cats and dogs!" Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z In both this and the lean-to the aspect should be as nearly due south as possible. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z She was stabled in a lean-to shelter for the rest of the night and made comfortable with straw and a blanket. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z Turning back on the open-hearth mill, when I had crossed the bridge, I could see that it extended itself, in a sort of gigantic lean-to shelter, over what the melter had called the "pit." Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z A lean-to fowl-house may be constructed for a very small sum, with boards an inch thick, against the west or south side of any wall. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z Every one had been sleeping soundly, after a hard day, and the first intimation of the outburst of the elements was when the deluge of rain came, and the lean-to was blown over. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z A lean-to against the north side of the garden wall will be found suitable for the purpose, though a span-roofed form may also be adopted, especially if the building stands apart. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z There was one room only, except for the lean-to shed, which served as kitchen and dining-room, and that was reached by going outside and walking around the corner of the house. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z After the hay was gathered Harding's new buildings had to be roofed, and when the house grew insufferably hot Hester baked and cooked and washed in a lean-to shed. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Almost any outbuilding, shed, or lean-to, may be easily and cheaply converted into a good fowl-house by the exercise of a little thought and ingenuity. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z It wet them through, and the rubber blankets, which they grabbed up from the wreck of the lean-to, afforded small protection from the pelting downpour. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z The lean-to is the least desirable form, since it scarcely admits of elegance of design, but it is necessarily adopted in many cases. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Later on I built a lean-to, making an extra room. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z We entered the lean-to shed, which Steel and I occupied together, and found Cotton better in health, though as depressed as he had been all day. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z If two buildings connect and one is taller than the other with no space between, a lean-to cabin is most desirable. Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium 2011-11-25T03:00:11.053Z Out of the piles of timber they secured, Cathie and Pym built lean-to shelters among the rocks sufficient for the whole party. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z The internal arrangement of a lean-to mushroom house is shown in fig. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Birch bark aer the stuff he puts to roof his lean-to. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z The "improvements" on the True Blue claim consisted of merely a few holes and a lean-to of pine boughs covered with a piece of ragged canvas. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z I'll take the things off the animals and straighten up the lean-to. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z The fa�ade terminates in a gable, with a lean-to on either side. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z For early forcing, as in vineries, the lean-to form is to be preferred, and the house may have a tolerably sharp pitch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z They formed a merry party in their lean-to that night, and went on their journey on the following morning with undiminished vigour. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z I’ll look for another place—or I can make a lean-to. The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp 2011-09-30T02:00:20.203Z "Something has happened to Jack!" exclaimed Julian, running to his lean-to after his revolver and lamp. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z The room was only a lean-to shed walled with slabs driven into the ground and floored with puncheons. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z The lean-to house is in most respects inferior to the span-roofed; one of the latter could be converted into two of the former of opposite aspects by a divisional wall along the centre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Through the falling snowflakes they could see the large lean-to in which the half-breeds were sleeping, for the band of desperadoes had thrown themselves down immediately on returning. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z Against the wall stood the long lean-to shelters, consisting of a roof of plaited palm-leaf, supported by poles, in which they lived. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z You boys don't know how to make a lean-to, do you? The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z Next day we finished our lean-to, making walls and roof of the trellis-work I have mentioned, and being very tired we went to sleep without paying another visit to the island. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z A woman appeared at the door of the lean-to. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z First thing is to take a squint into the lean-to. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z He lives in a lean-to, bathes in bug-infested water and picks coffee beans at an unrelenting pace under an unforgiving sun for about $3 a day. Dominican Republic Grows Weary of Haitian Refugees 2011-08-31T04:25:09Z Banta was there, and after relating three or four stories of his own, he began to stretch and yawn as though he were sleepy, 270 and finally arose and went into his lean-to. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z We had returned to our first shelter, the make-shift hut, or rather lean-to, which we had constructed of boughs and leaves around a great tree. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z I could be contented in a mountain lean-to, with morning-glories instead of an orchid conservatory. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z We'll make our lean-to right off, and get a kettle of water boiling. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z The women and children spent that night in a small lean-to, which luckily had not been burnt down. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z Still farther away stood the lean-to—firmly built, of course, but not strong enough to stand the fury of the winter's storms. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z It was an old-fashioned New England house, with long sloping roof and lean-to running down behind. The Story of the Toys 2011-08-05T02:00:49.720Z "We made up a bed for her in the little lean-to." For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Crawling along on hands and knees, it was a little time before he came to the lean-to. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z A groan from the next room, the lean-to kitchen, gave evidence that Buck was in there, an unwilling eavesdropper since the method of the blacksmith on his suffering molar was the topic. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z "I am going down to clear it up," persisted Jack, who had got upon his feet by this time and started toward the lean-to. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z After a little while Mrs. Grant had gone back to the room where her mother was, and Sophie went out to the lean-to where Potch was milking the goats. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Her things are doing very well, and her lemon verbena has grown so that I tell her we shall have to build a lean-to to keep it in. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z Then he applied his eye to the aperture, only to find that he was staring right across to the far side of the lean-to, and that neither Hurley nor anyone else was within his vision. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z Aunt Milly's cabin boasted but one room and an attic and a lean-to kitchen. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z He saw that it was all up with him, for he had no time to go to the lean-to after his revolver. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z It was a long lean-to shed erected against an ancient wall of rubble that had never known contact with a whitewash brush. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Most of the houses of the well-to-do had a second floor, attic, and lean-to. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z It was just at that moment that Joe heard a movement within the lean-to, and promptly applied his eye to the opening he had made. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z In a little lean-to shed was a heap of straw, and this straw Loti proceeded to remove with a careful hand. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z "Go out in front of the lean-to and sit down on the ground so that I can watch you," said Bob. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z He went round to the back of the hut, where there was a lean-to shed, and Ping followed him. The Sweep Winner 2011-06-24T02:00:21.067Z The Boer wanted a ‘lean-to’ built, and the bricks and mortar were ready. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z He built castles for himself in the frosty air of the lean-to, forgetful that the best of schemes here and there come to a sudden and disappointing ending. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z Next morning I found him crouched on his face among pillows in a comfortable little room which formed a lean-to at the side of the stable. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z "Don't you see them hung up there, in plain sight?" asked Jack, pointing to the articles in question, which were suspended from the rack of the lean-to, in plain sight. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z Attached to the shop was a little room about twelve feet square, which formed a lean-to. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z The descent to the street was nearly twenty feet, that into the back-yard rather more, but might be broken by taking advantage of a sort of out-house built as a lean-to against the main building. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z He was on hands and knees at once, and began to creep towards the lean-to. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z At the side of the wagon was a small “lean-to” of coarse calico. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z He walked on toward the lean-to, and the first thing that attracted his attention was that his goods had been disturbed. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z She could see that the benches and desks had been all moved out—probably stacked in a lean-to at the end of the house. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z “We’re going to have a storm,” Harriet went on thoughtfully, “so of course we shall do well to secure more shelter than we could get by making a brush lean-to.” The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike 2011-06-13T02:00:31.687Z What you've got to do is to rouse him off the sleigh, and then smother him so's he can't get clear of the lean-to till we've got aboard and has set the dogs going. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z The concluding words were addressed to a girl who, followed shyly by a small boy, emerged from the lean-to and silently shook hands with the strangers. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z I saw the little brush lean-to where they had evidently camped, showing that they must have been there several days. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z Yesterday, I being in the lean-to chamber, I saw a thing like a man, that told me serve him. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z A low archway of the same rough stone was the entrance, and immediately above it a lean-to roof sloped up to the top of the wall, which just here had been carried a little higher. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z But more issued from a second, blazing some yards to the left, and illuminating the interior of the other lean-to. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z It was along this edge he was leading them, now, to a lean-to which he had erected, and from which he had travelled in to Glenwild to use the superintendent's telephone to New York. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z There was no other opening in the lean-to, not even a window, so the place would always be in darkness except when lighted by a candle. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z She passed from the parlor to the bedrooms, and the lean-to kitchen and washhouse. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z A visitor to Cape Town in South Africa, for example, must drive through miles of lean-to dwellings before reaching Table Mountain’s lower slopes. Alexander McCall Smith on Gaborone, Botswana 2011-05-29T14:00:00Z Joe halted when close beside the lean-to, while the little hunter sat down on his knees and whispered to the dog Jimmy. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z It was Selden's spare undershirt drying on a bush behind the lean-to. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z There's a large mud area for grazing and a lean-to shed against one wall. A Look at bin Laden's Compound 2011-05-03T10:45:06Z The store, with its conventional false front, stood beside the post office, which was built as a lean-to. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z That at Liberton, a type common in Scotland but rare in England, is oblong, with lean-to roof and two compartments—probably to avoid disturbing the whole flock when 'squabs' were taken from the nests. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Satisfied that they had not detected him yet, Joe crept round to the far side of the lean-to and, boring another aperture, peered in. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z The most valuable movable inside was not worth carrying away; and outside is but the coracle standing in a lean-to shed, propped up by its paddle. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z The house had four small rooms and a crude lean-to shed which served as a kitchen. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z In general the Apache have certain undoubted Pueblo traits, they also remind one of the Plains, the Plateaus, and, in a lean-to like shelter, of the Mackenzie area. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Everyone laughed, too, for most of the campers knew of the hotel which was no more than an elongated farm-house with a lean-to added at one end for a “ristrant.” The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z Travellers during a Canadian winter are few and far between—we speak here of the backwoods—and such as there are carry merely necessaries, so that a humble lean-to contains little else but the traveller. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z In the little lean-to, besides the poet and his interesting wife, there was but one other dweller. Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life 2011-03-23T02:00:25.120Z But I know us live in little log houses all kind of group together, and us eat in a long lean-to builded on to the big house. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z They rounded the red fires which marked the camping-ground of the Oneidas; they smelt the acrid smoke, and dimly sighted many a brown lean-to; the dogs jumped out barking. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z It consisted of a lean-to portion of a house from which the original building had been moved away. Jimmie Moore of Bucktown 2011-02-24T03:00:53.640Z This time the roof of the lean-to bent inward as he pressed upon it, then his fingers hit upon the muzzle of the weapon. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z The cooking and eating of the family go on in a lean-to room, and the living-room is furnished with some pretensions, always with a sewing-machine, and often with a parlor-organ or piano. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z The most valuable moveable inside were not worth carrying away; and outside is but the coracle standing in a lean-to shed, propped up by its paddle. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z One section may be gable, another lean-to, and the one-story addition may run out as long as you please, shaped on top something like the roof of a barge. Pilgrim Trails A Plymouth-to-Provincetown Sketchbook 2011-02-02T03:00:24.703Z It was one of an irregular row of mean, squalid, tumble-down houses, some of them little more than lean-to sheds built into the walls of Le Bouffay. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z It was clear that he must search for them elsewhere, so promptly he crept away in the direction of the second lean-to. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z I met one countryman who was evicted three times, but finally, despite the remorseless protests of the agent, was allowed to harbor in a lean-to against the wall of the church. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z The shack which Ross had built, anticipating matrimony, was a two-room affair with a lean-to kitchen. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z “T’other one is in the horsepittle,” said the cook, jerking his thumb over his shoulder in the direction of his bunk in the lean-to. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Usually they were very poor, of logs or shacks, sometimes only one room, sometimes a room and a sort of lean-to. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z A rude lean-to was built to hold the kitchen stove and work-table. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z At Michaelstow, on the north of the church, are traces of a lean-to building with an opening into the chancel, and it has been suggested that this was an anchor hold. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z Gilbert had knocked together a big mess table; the seats were puncheon stools; in the lean-to adjoining was the kitchen, consisting of a small sheet-iron stove, frying pan, and a kettle. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z He took a doughnut from the plate and started for the lean-to, grinning back over his shoulder. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z It overlooked "Muskrat City" which lay in the valley directly in front and below our open "lean-to." Camps and Trails 2010-12-20T17:12:16.133Z Deirdre went to her little lean-to of a kitchen and busied herself making tea. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z “This sure is a nice little lean-to,” Mud-Cat declared, surveying his new domain. The Vanishing Houseboat 2010-12-20T17:11:37.787Z Lewis sat and smoked in the lean-to, by the stove; Gilbert lounged beside the door. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z And after inviting them to eat and make “their bigness” in the office camp, he went on into the lean-to. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Just behind the barn he built me a lean-to shed, 253 about seventy-five feet long, open toward the east, and shingled rainproof. The Idyl of Twin Fires It is typical of an old Dutch lean-to and has a great central chimney twelve feet square, with four flues. Remodeled Farmhouses He did not come back until some time after dark, when she had withdrawn to her lean-to for the night. Into the Primitive The wolf pack sang to it from the ridge,—a wild and plaintive song that made Bert Cranston, sleeping in a lean-to on the Umpqua side of the Divide, swear and mutter in his sleep. The Voice of the Pack Wade, his heart made tender by his own grief, gazed towards the lonesome isolation of the lean-to with moistening eyes. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Immediately after breakfast the beds are always taken apart, blankets folded and placed on second small tarpaulin in lean-to which had been constructed from large slabs of bark against a tree. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps There was not one chance in a hundred of any rain, but they decided a lean-to would be convenient anyway. Unexplored! Adjoining it was a diminutive corn-crib made of pine poles with the bark still on them, and a lean-to shed which was roofed with long shingles sawn and split from red oak. The Cottage of Delight A Novel Cranston was not in sight; either he was absent from camp or asleep in his lean-to. The Voice of the Pack After dark they hobbled their horses and built a lean-to shelter and a big camp-fire. Under Fire For Servia This lean-to kept bedding protected from the atmosphere and animals, as well as serving a second purpose of camp orderliness and neatness. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps The discussion was cut short by Pedro’s discovery that a bear had invaded the lean-to. Unexplored! The chicken-house, a shack with a lean-to roof against the barn, was near and he stood by her as she looked in at the open door. The Cottage of Delight A Novel He slid along the snow crust, clear to the mouth of the lean-to. The Voice of the Pack It was a straight little house, with a window on each side of the door, and three above it, a lean-to at the back, and a square of garden in front. Little Miss Joy By crawling out carefully we can gather up tarpaulin and shake it out away from our bedding and thus we can keep dry without the shelter of cabin, tent or lean-to. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps Instead of bringing me some message from Dale, he rides straight to the lean-to kitchen, steps off his pony, and whispers for his mother. A Man in the Open Presently he had climbed a pear tree, dropped from one of its overhanging branches on the lean-to, raised a sash and crept into the window. The Only Woman in the Town And Other Tales of the American Revolution Once more Cranston's gaze stole to his rifle, but lunging out, Dan kicked it three feet farther into the shadows of the lean-to. The Voice of the Pack A lean-to greenhouse should face south preferably, and the door should be placed at the warm end, that is, the west, so that when opened no biting wind rushes in. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them A second lean-to was made for wood, bark and pitch torches. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps Mother dragged two five-gallon cans of petroleum from the lean-to, and staggering under their weight, poured the oil over all Brooke's harness. A Man in the Open That they quickly set up under the edge of the lean-to where, if it rained, it would not get wet and rusty. The Fun of Cooking A Story for Girls and Boys It cast queer shadows in the lean-to and found a curious reflection in the steel points of his eyes. The Voice of the Pack A lean-to formed of a few boughs was the only shelter he had, and Isaac was forced to search among the sleeping soldiers 65 several moments before discovering the whereabouts of the commander. Corporal 'Lige's Recruit A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga The host had gracefully tucked a large lady under his arm, beside whose towering proportions he looked pretty much like what architects call 'a lean-to,' superadded to a great building. Jack Hinton The Guardsman Undoubtedly the lean-to is the ideal shelter so far as warmth goes. Camp and Trail There’s a big pot of baked beans in the lean-to, and some apple pies, and a pumpkin one. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn He sprang up and strode into the lean-to. The Voice of the Pack It was noon and Chip Slider, keeping camp alone, had become anxious and worried for the safety of his new friends before the latter made their appearance at the lean-to. The Auto Boys' Mystery Little was said by us lads as we stood there beneath the shelter of the lean-to. The Minute Boys of Boston In practice, however, the lean-to is not always an undiluted joy. Camp and Trail After which he disappeared into the third room, or lean-to, and was gone some time. Dorothy on a House Boat Dan's voice when he replied was no more warm than the snow banks that reinforced the lean-to. The Voice of the Pack We were all, however, busy on shore, making a sort of “lean-to” out of the sail, cooking provisions, and searching for water; and we thus passed our first day, the wind again blowing a hurricane. The White Chief of the Caffres He took me into his castle, where he seemed to be living all alone in a Byzantine lean-to at the foot of the tower, the window of his room looking over the port beneath. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant I was up-stairs in a second, and down the lightning-rod in another one, and shinning through the dark for the lean-to. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade Fred chopped a hole in the ice in order to fill the kettle, and while it was boiling, they cut down a number of small saplings, and placed them in lean-to fashion against a ridgepole. Northern Diamonds When he had finished he walked to the door of the lean-to. The Voice of the Pack But experience shows that under ordinary conditions cool species thrive in a ‘lean-to’ better than in a house of full span. The Woodlands Orchids Descending the roof silently, he let himself down to the top of the lean-to which acted as kitchen and supply store, and dropped from that elevation lightly to the ground. Lord Stranleigh Abroad Now we was in the lean-to, and heard trampings close by outside. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade In a small lean-to off the stable of the serai, Ahmed fastened the hook he had bought to a short length of rope, and wound this about his body beneath his outer garment. Barclay of the Guides Back of the cabin was a lean-to where Leeson kept his horses, two in number. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck At least the broad fact is so well established that one might almost fancy Baron Schröder’s Odontoglots would do better, if that were possible, in a ‘lean-to.’ The Woodlands Orchids In front of these smaller logs were piled, the backlogs reflecting the heat forward into the lean-to. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp As soon as we reckoned everybody was asleep that night we went down the lightning-rod, and shut ourselves up in the lean-to, and got out our pile of fox-fire, and went to work. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade It is not so long ago that I passed an open lean-to of chestnut bark far back in the wilderness, wherein a family of Tennesseans was spending the year. Our Southern Highlanders They were soon on guard, the one on the doorstep and the other near the lean-to, on a stump. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck He passed from the deeper shadows in which the lean-to was bathed, and stood at the angle of the house. In the Brooding Wild As soon as breakfast was finished the toboggan was packed, the brush piled once more in front of the lean-to and the fire put out by the simple process of throwing snow on it. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp The window was fastened, but I had little difficulty in unlocking it or in finding my way to the ground from the top of the lean-to. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories She suffered much; her moans often kept the two girls awake at night; and even Claude, who had built himself a tiny lean-to on the sheltered side of the "castle," could hear her complainings. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier Tiptoeing their way they reached the lean-to where the horses had been stabled, and with caution Gilroy went inside. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Meanwhile, by tacit consent, they continued to live 132 in the lean-to, reserving the dugout for the object of their love, against her return. In the Brooding Wild This was Sparrer's first experience in a lean-to, and when the boughs were out of the way he examined it with interest. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp Scotty opened the door of a lean-to shed on the rear of the house. The Wailing Octopus The most common adjustment was to prepare for an impending death by shifting seriously ill persons into an adjoining structure, often a shack built in the native manner or a shed or lean-to. Washo Religion It was a good-sized story and half building, with a lean-to on one side and a broad porch on the other, along which was a beautiful little stream of cold, clear water. In the Early Days along the Overland Trail in Nebraska Territory, in 1852 He kept on, and went round to the door of the lean-to. In the Brooding Wild A lean-to house from 6 to 9 feet wide against a south wall may be of great service. The Book of Pears and Plums A big shed of creosote-boards and felt roof, in the shape of a letter L, and at the side a small lean-to affair where he lives. Aliens But, at the end of that time, Dallas was suddenly awakened by the sound of loud stamping and rending in the lean-to. The Plow-Woman Said cells are built in long rows, under a lean-to roof, mostly opening face to face on an open corridor, which is uncovered. Letters from China and Japan Presently like a sleep-walker he turned and moved around towards the deeper shadow of the lean-to. In the Brooding Wild He lives in an unkempt, little lean-to house, in the north end of Beaumont, Texas. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 They selected a heavily wooded gulley not far from the Otter and built there a log lean-to against the rocky side-hill, sheltered from the north and open to such sunshine as might penetrate the forest. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga If he offered his help in the lean-to, what would be his reception? The Plow-Woman The dwelling was a story and a half house, with a lean-to attached to one end. Peggy Owen and Liberty He gave out the last words in a shout which rang high above the noise of the storm; he sprang to his feet and dashed out around to the lean-to. In the Brooding Wild On the outskirts of the settlement he turned aside to a small log cabin supplemented by a brush lean-to. Gold They had a fourth rail, and they pegged the other ends of the blankets down to that, drew it backwards, and there was a lean-to beneath which they leapt with shouts of triumph. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts She had risen early to feed the occupants of the lean-to—Shadrach in particular; next, with a promise of rest later on, she had awaked Marylyn. The Plow-Woman A door on one side the chimney gave entrance to the lean-to. Peggy Owen and Liberty Then, in the pause which followed, he started and looked towards the lean-to as a sound came from that direction. In the Brooding Wild It was composed of branches from nearby trees, and might be called a hunter's lean-to. Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida Then I stumbled back to my lean-to, but did not go inside. Wings of the Wind From the lean-to came the sound of Lancaster's voice. The Plow-Woman “He will have small time for relaxation, I fear me,” spoke the farmer entering at this moment with Fairfax from the lean-to. Peggy Owen and Liberty "I perceive that anyone might gain access to your upper rooms by the roof of the lean-to or by the balcony," observed the leader. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly He pushed it in, put some leaves and brush over it, and turned away, satisfied, to begin work on his lean-to. Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget He had doubtless gone to the spring for water, so I rolled out of my lean-to and started to the pool; but stopped, listening. Wings of the Wind However, breakfast past, and Dallas in the lean-to, David Bond managed to make a declaration. The Plow-Woman When at length it was extinguished only a few charred timbers remained of the lean-to, and the dwelling itself was badly damaged. Peggy Owen and Liberty The family all slept in the same room, three beds occupying corners; this main room and the lean-to kitchen constituting the whole house. The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains You see, we haven't got much snow here, for your lean-to keeps it off; but go out where it has a fair chance at you. Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget After this we went about putting the camp in order; building a shelter tent by the spring for Sylvia and an adjacent lean-to for Echochee. Wings of the Wind Though both Dallas and her father alternately coaxed and scolded, Betty, with characteristic stubbornness, refused to budge a rod from the lean-to without Ben. The Plow-Woman Before a reply could be made there came a snort of terror from the lean-to, and a shout of triumph broke from the raiders as the snorting discovered the whereabouts of the horses. Peggy Owen and Liberty There were too many to gather about the table in the little log lean-to, so the elders only sat down at meal times. The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains He didn't want to neglect that lean-to, he said, for in less than three days there would be a blizzard that would make him open his eyes. Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget She took the keenest pleasure in it, too, and I can safely say that never in my life have I enjoyed building anything as much as that lean-to. Wings of the Wind Behind the lean-to, he came to several conclusions: It would be useless to try to get in by either window; both were high and small; the best spot for an attack was the door. The Plow-Woman The entire party seemed benumbed for the moment, then Fairfax sprang to the door of the lean-to. Peggy Owen and Liberty There were other voices, male and female, in the lean-to kitchen. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country At the far right-hand corner of the building a lean-to had been erected to serve as the sacristía, or vestry. Carmen Ariza It was the only room the cabin boasted, with the exception of a small lean-to, devoted, if he could trust his nostrils, to the family pig. Kildares of Storm Next, he had visited the lean-to, where he felt his way carefully from stall to stall, discovering no occupant. The Plow-Woman Presently jets of flame crept across the threshold of the door leading to the lean-to. Peggy Owen and Liberty The place was about ten feet square; the roof was a lean-to, and was supported in the centre by three tree-trunks. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. We have two rooms—she built one of them, a little lean-to, with her own hands. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs Two of them hunted until they found the lean-to, under which a ramshackle wagon stood that excited the laughter of Colon. Fred Fenton Marathon Runner The Great Race at Riverport School But a day came when she could not make her way to the lean-to, and when the warped door could not be opened in the teeth of the raging storm. The Plow-Woman As he passed the lean-to, where his kindling and fuel were kept, he flung the implements inside it, as though glad to be rid of the burden of his labors. The Law-Breakers "I suppose I'm not to have anything to eat?" grumbled Link Merwell, a little later, when they were arranging to place him in the woodshed, which was a small lean-to of the Wadsworth bungalow. Dave Porter At Bear Camp or, The Wild Man of Mirror Lake The light gurgle of the shallow and shrunken brook which ran past the open front of the travellers’ “lean-to” served only to measure the stillness. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories It was late in November; Diana was sitting at the door of the lean-to, where she had been sitting on that June day when our story began. Diana The pigs had gone over toward the edge of the lean-to. The Plow-Woman Big Brother Bill, after an evening of considerable worry, had retired to his little lean-to bedroom with its low, camp bedstead. The Law-Breakers A little lean-to shed of rusticated woodwork forms a bar at the back. Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London Beside an old tunnel that plunged beneath the side wall of the ca�on was a lean-to. A Mountain Boyhood Diana stood at the lean-to door after supper, looking and making her conclusions sorrowfully. Diana It was a roar that fairly shook the lean-to. The Plow-Woman On account of the exposure of the span-roof house on all sides, however, rather more skill must be exercised in growing grapes in them than in the better protected lean-to grapery. Manual of American Grape-Growing In the lean-to shed, twelve shiny yellow desks that smelled strongly of varnish were stacked in their heavy paper swaddlings, waiting to be set in place when the dance was done. Rim o' the World With my pocket knife I cut green boughs, covered the lean-to and plastered the boughs with a coating of wet snow. A Mountain Boyhood Then Diana came and opened the lean-to door and looked out for a breath of refreshment. Diana The section-boss and his daughters were lined up on the warm side of the lean-to, shading their faces from the sun. The Plow-Woman On small places there is no doubt that the lean-to houses are most suitable, being inexpensive and furnishing protection from prevailing winds. Manual of American Grape-Growing A clatter of pots and pans told that Riley was washing his “cookin’ dishes” in the lean-to kitchen that had been added to the house as an afterthought, the fall before. Rim o' the World With such limbs or small trunks as I could find I constructed a rude lean-to, with closed ends. A Mountain Boyhood The men had had their supper, which had been left ready for them; and Josiah's care had kept up a blazing fire in the lean-to kitchen. Diana Between the scantlings that penned Simon into his part of the lean-to, the section-boss spied two glowing eyes. The Plow-Woman How to thatch the lean-to is shown in illustration No. 2. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 In most instances there are two rooms, the larger one perhaps 10 x 12 feet, and a sort of lean-to adjoining, through which the ladder comes. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions I lay beneath my lean-to, watching the fire before which the plump grouse was slowly turning round and round as it roasted. A Mountain Boyhood The great elms hung still green and sheltering over the lean-to door. Diana Within the lean-to, a curious parley was being held. The Plow-Woman You will find the forester tent lighter and warmer than the ordinary lean-to, as it reflects the heat better. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Directly Arizona had quit the saddle he relieved Diane, and, with the utmost gentleness, started to take the sick man into the lean-to. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana It lay—this treasure—in a seventy-foot pile behind the glassite lean-to, with a cage of wires over it and an insulation barrage guarding its Gamma rays from escaping to mark its presence. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 Mrs. Flandin was sitting with Mrs. Starling in the lean-to kitchen. Diana She seemed to see a figure skulking through the dusk about the shack; it entered the lean-to and crouched in hiding. The Plow-Woman Select your camping spot with reference to water, wood, drainage, and material for your lean-to. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 At the door of the bunkhouse they parted, for Joe slept in a lean-to against the kitchen of the rancher’s house. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana Then they lighted their pipes and lounged back upon the bed of spruce boughs under the lean-to, speculating upon the morrow, and the probability of an encounter with the Indians. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob Starling was passing in and out, setting the table in the lean-to kitchen. Diana Before the mules brought up at the lean-to, Dallas was over a wheel and tottering in quest of her father. The Plow-Woman Choose a dry, level place, the ground just sloping enough to insure the water running away from your lean-to in case of rain. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 And while these things were going on Arizona and Joe shared the hospitality of the lean-to. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana Their fire was built before the lean-to, and a very small blaze was found sufficient to heat it to a cosy warmth. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob It was the lean-to kitchen, the only place where fire was kept on Sunday: and indeed that was the usual winter dwelling-room, a little outer kitchen serving for all the dirty work. Diana They paid little attention to it, being fairly content with the strange good fortune that had left a fat frozen pig in the snow outside the lean-to. The Plow-Woman In building your lean-to look for a couple of good trees standing from eight to ten feet apart with branches from six to eight feet above the ground. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 With this object in view she went down-stairs and visited the lean-to. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana The kitchen was in a lean-to, a good little kitchen brown with smoke, and behind that was the shed with dark cobwebbed rafters and corners that cried out for hoes and garden tools. The Prisoner She hurried her steps and went in at the lean-to door. Diana But now—she could not have credited her senses had it not been for a glimpse of Lounsbury's horse, industriously cropping beside the lean-to. The Plow-Woman A hip-roofed structure with lean-to wings, it is essentially a Georgian conception. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Then he suddenly remembered that the kitchen had another window on the far side of the lean-to. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana Under a lean-to that covered a door in the side of the house was a barrel of water and a bench with two basins. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation Another little brown gate under the elm-tree opened directly in front of the lean-to door; and the patch between was all in fleckered sunlight and shadow, like the doorway where Diana sat. Diana Next, the well was dug; and the barn built as a lean-to, for the Lancasters knew little, but had heard much, about the blizzards of the territory. The Plow-Woman And since he emerged under cover of the vacant coal-shed and kitchen that were built against the house as a lean-to, his depredations were not discovered by any of the other members of the family. The Biography of a Prairie Girl Arizona galloped her up to the house and rounded the lean-to in which Joe slept. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana Redbird could barely see Eagle Feather's narrow chest rise and fall in the shadowy lean-to. Shaman He went out, and Diana went back to her mother in the lean-to. Diana He spent no time in the lean-to—his guard there had ceased. The Plow-Woman But when I built on a lean-to, the window was closed. The Biography of a Prairie Girl And as she flitted away to the house the men heard the heavy tread of Jake coming round the lean-to, and understood the hastiness of her retreat. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana Then she crawled under her lean-to to look at Eagle Feather. Shaman The young officer came in, a little while before supper; laughingly asked Diana for some water to wash his hands; and followed her out to the lean-to. Diana About noon the two red and white cows and the yoke of wide-horned red oxen would stand basking in front of the lean-to, near the well, contentedly chewing 88 their cuds. The Backwoodsmen There was, in addition, a lean-to, nine feet square, at one end, which was to serve as the habitation of the storekeeper. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California It had a small lean-to on the eastern side and a sitting room and bedroom below. A Son of the Middle Border Heart pounding, she moved protectively closer to the lean-to where Eagle Feather lay. Shaman It was the next day after this had been done; and Diana was sitting again in the elm shadow at the door of the lean-to. Diana The log barn, and the lean-to, which served as wood-shed and wagon-house, showed little more than the black edges of their snow-covered roofs over the glittering and gently billowing white expanse. The Backwoodsmen It was a common log building, wider than the ordinary ones and with a porch in front and a lean-to behind. The Silver Maple It had consisted of two parts,—a pretty substantial log-cabin, which dated back to the earliest days of the settlement, and a framed addition, called a lean-to, or "linter." The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies Wave and He Who Lights the Water made a little fire at the edge of the lake near Redbird's lean-to. Shaman Accordingly the farmer's waggon wheels were soon heard departing, and the little group in the lean-to kitchen were left alone. Diana Across the yard, on the western side of the cabin, the log barn and the “lean-to” thrust up their laden roofs from the surrounding snow. The Backwoodsmen A tall, good-natured man stood in the lean-to, peering out into the rain. Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall Harry and David were already asleep in the lean-to at the other side of the kitchen, the opposite room to Alison's. Good Luck The boy crawled out from under the lean-to, climbed to his feet and stood straight. Shaman One of them, of the more rare weeping variety, drooped over the door of the lean-to, shading it protectingly, and hiding with its long pendant branches the hard and stiff lines of the building. Diana Put the dog in the lean-to an' shut the door. The Brass Bound Box But he kept peering out of the doorway of the cabin, and from the lean-to, and his eyes always rested on the river, with its rain-swept, swollen surface. Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall A lean-to at the back can be used for a kitchen. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties At the end of it all, I lay in the lean-to and I heard a voice say that if someone would smoke the calumet there would be peace. Shaman The door of the lean-to looked towards the road, and so made a kind of front door to the kitchen which was within. Diana We stooped under a very low doorway in the farther wall, and went into a little shed-like lean-to, where the inhabitants evidently lived entirely. In the Tail of the Peacock The water in the cove had now risen so high that it swept the edge of the lean-to. Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall The next shelter is what is generally known as the Adirondack shelter, which is a lean-to open in the front like a "Baker" or a "Dan Beard" tent. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties She longed to look into the birch forest behind her lean-to and see him walking toward her through the white tree trunks. Shaman This was a small house, with its gable end to the road, and a lean-to at the back, over which the long roof sloped down picturesquely. Diana We stumbled up on to the roof; then in under a low doorway into a little wooden lean-to, where an old Jew caretaker was living. In the Tail of the Peacock Facing the cove was a neat log cabin with a small lean-to, the latter containing a tiny stove. Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall The lean-to or Adirondack camp is easily made and very popular. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Redbird glanced down into the lean-to, to make sure Eagle Feather was all right. Shaman One small chamber, with a smaller lean-to, constituted the whole dwelling. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Then we cut a number of long poles, and laying one end of them on the cross pole, and the other on the ground, made the skeleton of a lean-to hut. Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 Even a well-to-do Indian takes his food sitting on the ground in the place where the food was cooked, which is often a dark lean-to building, attached to the main dwelling. India and the Indians A lean-to of boards has been erected on the only street remaining in the town. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin With infinite care, so as not to disturb him, Redbird carried Eagle Feather into the lean-to, resting his head on the blanket roll that held everything she had been able to carry. Shaman Eph helped, and by noon all was ready for cooking, and the cranberry-sauce, a good deal scorched, was cooling in the lean-to. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. In a short space of time they had completed a lean-to which would protect them from any storm they were likely to experience at this season of the year. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades The bathroom is often a dingy, lean-to shed, opening out of your sleeping room. India and the Indians The Emperor felt called upon to apologize again before opening the door of the lean-to. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley It has an upper storey with two rooms, and two, at least, downstairs, with the inevitable lean-to or shed, without which no labourer's cottage is complete. The Toilers of the Field He hurried the ponies into the corral, and the wagon under the lean-to beside the stable, half conscious that something was missing inside. Winning the Wilderness "Have you noticed that, Charley?" inquired Walter, as they placed the last leaves on the lean-to. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades As a matter of fact, it was just what was then known as a “lean-to,” the preliminary stage of the farmhouses that were then being built by the settlers. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon Suddenly from the lean-to came such fierce barking that more than one Vigilante made a hasty return to the safety of her saddle. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Against it is a lean-to, the eaves of the roof of which are hardly three feet from the ground. The Toilers of the Field So there was a long lean-to on propped elbows, and reverie reeled off by the yard. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" The line caught on a bush and broke short off, but Chris was making for the lean-to with championship speed and knew it not. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades That had its points though, considering we needed to reach Macartney's old lean-to unseen, for the Skunk's Misery population was in bed, and as I said before, they had no dogs to bark at us. The La Chance Mine Mystery The aisle was consequently covered with a lean-to roof, or with a separate gabled roof of its own. The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church A squat, black shape loomed out of the darkness near her and, riding closer, she saw a small cabin, of the lean-to type, constructed of adobe bricks. The Trail to Yesterday We put on old clothes, and having set the tub containing the decoction near the lean-to door of the barn, caught and brought forth the lambs, one after another. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Help me into the lean-to with these poor fellows, then get your gun and join the captain. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades But my eyes were straight before me, on the door of Macartney's lean-to. The La Chance Mine Mystery The south aisle, which was probably rebuilt a little before 1300, is broader and has a separate lean-to roof. The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church Sheila went into the office, which was a lean-to addition to the ranchhouse, and seating herself at her father’s desk picked up a six month’s old copy of a magazine and tried to read. The Trail to Yesterday He avoided the lean-tos near the fire, and, sneaking back and around through the woods, he approached Jack Danby's lean-to from behind. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed To even an unobserving person, it was clear that the firing from the canoes was slackening rapidly, and with a sigh of regret and anxiety, the lad turned back into the lean-to. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades There was nothing in the place now but the bare lean-to walls and the rock they backed on; but twenty men had been living there since I left it. The La Chance Mine Mystery The Gomez cushion was three inches thicker than that of the bug, which resulted in a mattress two stories in front with a lean-to at the foot, and the entire edifice highly slippery. Free Air "Not for me, non," growled Picquet, and jerked a dirty thumb in the direction of the lean-to. The Flaming Jewel There was no answer, and a swift rush to his lean-to proved that it was empty. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed Short as had been the time they had spent in the lean-to, a great change had taken place at the scene of the battle. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades Been brought up into lean-to, am gagged, feel death near. The La Chance Mine Mystery And as I looked, and saw him go to the rock and open a door in it, I realised that it was really a great, grey, lean-to shed, cunningly concealed. The Mystery of the Green Ray A small Armenian general goods shop chose to over-charge, with the result that the vainly-expostulating merchant found his lean-to razed to the ground before his eyes. The Tale of a Trooper |
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