1. plural of cookshack; small, simple buildings or structures used for cooking, typically in remote or temporary settings such as logging camps, ranches, or work sites
Usage: informal; chiefly North American

Examples

• The logging camp had several cookshacks scattered throughout the grounds.
• Workers gathered at the cookshacks for their meals during the construction project.
• The old ranch still had two weathered cookshacks from the early 1900s.
• Meals were prepared in the cookshacks and served to the crew at noon.
• The cookshacks provided basic but hearty food for the remote work crews.