Definition of "makeshift"

And I am not a model clergyman—only a decent makeshift.

1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XVII, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, book II, page 316

Hoboism cannot be cured or prevented by makeshifts or by local measures and efforts, although community interest naturally is vital in dealing with a problem that comes home to every community.

1923, Benjamin C. Marsh, “For the Community to Do”, in The World tomorrow, volume 6

Hodgson was able to introduce Arsenal teenager Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for his debut late on as this makeshift England line-up closed out a victory that was solid for the most part without ever threatening to be spectacular.

2012 May 26, Phil McNulty, “Norway 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport‎

Greene the coneycatcher, of this dream the author, / For his dainty devise deserveth the halter. / A rakehell, a makeshift, a scribbling fool; / A famous bayard in city and school: / Now sick as a dog, and ever brain-sick, / Where such a raving and desperate Dick?

1592, Gabriel Harvey, “The First Letter”, in Four Letters and Certain Sonnets‎, new edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, published 1814, A Due Commendation of the Quipping Author, page 2