HUT, noun A small house, hovel or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; a cottage. It is particularly applied to log-houses erected for troops in winter. HUT, verb transitive To place in huts, as troops encamped in winter quarters. HUT, verb intransitive To take lodgings in huts. The troops hutted for the winter.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI