sweathouse

[ swet-hous ]

/ ˈswɛtˌhaʊs /

noun, plural sweat·hous·es [swet-hou-ziz]. /ˈswɛtˌhaʊ zɪz/.

(especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.

Also called sweat lodge .

Words nearby sweathouse

sweatercoat, sweater girl, sweat gland, sweat gland carcinoma, sweat glands, sweathouse, sweating sickness, sweating system, sweat lodge, sweat off, sweat of one's brow

Example sentences from the Web for sweathouse

When the tipis are pitched at the new camping ground, the society comes in with the willows and the rocks for the sweathouse.
The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians|Clark Wissler
Since the men have been in the sweathouse where the paint has all washed off, five songs are sung to re-paint the man and woman.
The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians|Clark Wissler
Robes for covering the sweathouse are borrowed from the people of the camp.
The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians|Clark Wissler
The two medicinemen go out through the west of the sweathouse while the rest go through the door.
The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians|Clark Wissler

This song is for the morningstar: "Morningstar says let us have a sweathouse."
The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians|Clark Wissler

单词	sweathouse
释义	sweathouse [ swet-hous ] / ˈswɛtˌhaʊs / noun, plural sweat·hous·es [swet-hou-ziz]. /ˈswɛtˌhaʊ zɪz/. (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam. Also called sweat lodge . Words nearby sweathouse sweatercoat, sweater girl, sweat gland, sweat gland carcinoma, sweat glands, sweathouse, sweating sickness, sweating system, sweat lodge, sweat off, sweat of one's brow Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sweathouse When the tipis are pitched at the new camping ground, the society comes in with the willows and the rocks for the sweathouse. The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians\|Clark Wissler Since the men have been in the sweathouse where the paint has all washed off, five songs are sung to re-paint the man and woman. The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians\|Clark Wissler Robes for covering the sweathouse are borrowed from the people of the camp. The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians\|Clark Wissler The two medicinemen go out through the west of the sweathouse while the rest go through the door. The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians\|Clark Wissler This song is for the morningstar: "Morningstar says let us have a sweathouse." The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians\|Clark Wissler
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