<hw>Verandah</hw>, <i>n</i>. In Australia, the heat of the sun makes verandahs much commoner than in England. They are an architectural feature of all dwelling-houses in suburb or in bush, and of most City shops, where they render the broad side-walks an almost continuous arcade. "Under the Verandah " has acquired the meaning, "where city men most do congregate."
1873. A. Trollope, `Australia and New Zealand,' c. xxvii. p. 418:
"In Melbourne there is the `verandah'; in Sandhurst there is a `verandah'; in Ballaarat there is a `verandah.' The verandah is a kind of open exchange—some place on the street pavement, apparently selected by chance, on which the dealers in mining shares do congregate."
1895. Modern. Private Letter of an Australian on Tour:
"What I miss most in London is the <i>Verandahs</i>. With this everlasting rain there is no place to get out of a shower, as in Melbourne. But I suppose it pays the umbrella-makers."
<hw>V-hut</hw>, a term used in the province of Canterbury, New Zealand. See quotations.
1857. R. B. Paul, `Letters from Canterbury,' p. 57:
"The form is that of a <i>V hut</i>, the extremities of the rafters being left bare, so as to form buttresses to the walls" (of the church).
1863. S. Butler, `First Year in Canterbury,' p. 73:
"I am now going to put up a V-hut on the country that I took up on the Rangitata. . . . It consists of a small roof set up on the ground; it is a hut all roof and no walls."