Shanty
11shanty — shanty1 shantylike, adj. /shan tee/, n., pl. shanties, adj., v., shantied, shantying. n. 1. a crudely built hut, cabin, or house. adj. 2. of, pertaining to, or constituting a shanty or shanties: a shanty quarter outside the town walls. 3. of a… …
12Shanty — Seemannslied; Matrosenlied * * * Shan|ty 〈[ ʃæ̣ntı] n. 15〉 Seemannslied [<engl. shanty od. shantey; zu frz. chanter „singen“] * * * Shan|ty [ ʃɛnti ], das; s, s [engl. shanty, chantey, zu frz. chanter = singen < lat. cantare]: Seemannslied… …
13shanty — {{11}}shanty (n.1) rough cabin, 1820, from Canadian Fr. chantier lumberjack s headquarters, in French, timberyard, dock, from O.Fr. chantier gantry, from L. cantherius rafter, frame (see GANTRY (Cf. gantry)). Shanty Irish is from 1928 (title of a …
14shanty — I. /ˈʃænti / (say shantee) noun (plural shanties) 1. a roughly built hut, cabin, or house. 2. a small rough bush hotel, often unlicensed; lambing down shop: *the wine shanty – the Saturday night and Sunday resort of shearers and rouseabouts for… …
15shanty — noun Shanty is used before these nouns: ↑town Shanty is used after these nouns: ↑sea …
16shanty — English has two distinct words shanty. The older, ‘shack’ [19], originated in America, and the fact that to begin with it was mainly used for the houses of Irish immigrants suggests that it may have come from Irish sean tig ‘old house’. Shanty… …
17shanty — [[t]ʃæ̱nti[/t]] shanties 1) N COUNT A shanty is a small rough hut which poor people live in, built from tin, cardboard, or other materials that are not very strong. 2) N COUNT A shanty is a song which sailors used to sing while they were doing… …
18shanty — UK [ˈʃæntɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms shanty : singular shanty plural shanties 1) a badly built house made from sheets of wood, metal, or other thin material 2) a traditional song that sailors sang in the past …
19shanty — English has two distinct words shanty. The older, ‘shack’ [19], originated in America, and the fact that to begin with it was mainly used for the houses of Irish immigrants suggests that it may have come from Irish sean tig ‘old house’. Shanty… …
20shanty — 1. n. (pl. ies) 1 a hut or cabin. 2 a crudely built shack. Phrases and idioms: shanty town a poor or depressed area of a town, consisting of shanties. Etymology: 19th c., orig. N.Amer.: perh. f. Can.F chantier 2. n. (also chanty) (pl. ies) (in… …
