quinzheen.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪnzi/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪnzi/

Forms: 1900s– quinzee, 1900s– quinzhee, 1900s– quinzie.

Origin: A borrowing from Slave. Etymon: Slave kǫ́ézhii.

Etymology: < Slave kǫ́ézhii, literally ‘in the shelter’, or < a similar form in another Athabaskan language.

North American.

A snow shelter of a type originally used by North American Indians, consisting of a mound of snow with a domed chamber dug into it.

ΚΠ

1975 Winnipeg Free Press 22 Mar. 3 A snow house—the Athabaskan quinzhee..—can make camping..enjoyable.

1984 G. Durrell How to shoot Amateur Naturalist v. 97 Crawling into the quinzhee, Lee found that, although the temperature outside was minus thirty, inside our snowhouse it was one degree above freezing.

1995 Leader (Canada) Mar. 26/1 The night they slept in their backyard quinzhee the temperature dropped to -15 C.

2005 K. Callan Happy Camper 252 Don't forget to store your shovel inside the quinzee in case there's a snowstorm..and you have to dig yourself out.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quinzhee
释义	quinzheen. Brit. /ˈkwɪnzi/, U.S. /ˈkwɪnzi/ Forms: 1900s– quinzee, 1900s– quinzhee, 1900s– quinzie. Origin: A borrowing from Slave. Etymon: Slave kǫ́ézhii. Etymology: < Slave kǫ́ézhii, literally ‘in the shelter’, or < a similar form in another Athabaskan language. North American. A snow shelter of a type originally used by North American Indians, consisting of a mound of snow with a domed chamber dug into it. ΚΠ 1975 Winnipeg Free Press 22 Mar. 3 A snow house—the Athabaskan quinzhee..—can make camping..enjoyable. 1984 G. Durrell How to shoot Amateur Naturalist v. 97 Crawling into the quinzhee, Lee found that, although the temperature outside was minus thirty, inside our snowhouse it was one degree above freezing. 1995 Leader (Canada) Mar. 26/1 The night they slept in their backyard quinzhee the temperature dropped to -15 C. 2005 K. Callan Happy Camper 252 Don't forget to store your shovel inside the quinzee in case there's a snowstorm..and you have to dig yourself out. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1975
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