a small prefabricated air-raid shelter devised by
William Paterson, a Scottish
engineer, and adopted while
Sir John Anderson was the British
Home Secretary (1930–1940). Anderson shelters were used in Britain during
World War II. They were curved,
steel huts which some people buried in their gardens and covered with 2 or 3 feet of earth to protect them from the effects of
explosion.
—All About Radiation Glossary. Final approval 27.9.89