makeshift
adj.adj. made quickly using whatever materials you have around you because you do not have the right tools or equipment. It is usually a temporary solution to a problem.
adj. serving as a temporary substitute for something else; improvised from available resources. Often describes physical structures or tools created in an emergency or under resource constraints.
They used a piece of wood as a makeshift table.
After the storm destroyed the bridge, the villagers built a makeshift crossing using fallen trees and thick rope.
The refugees established a makeshift clinic in the abandoned warehouse, utilizing crates as examination tables and battery-powered lanterns for lighting during night shifts.
Deverbal from make shift. First appears c. 1554, in the publications of H. Hilarie.
1560s. From make + shift.
Typically used attributively before the noun it modifies.