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wickiup
wick·i·up also wik·i·up W0146900 (wĭk′ē-ŭp′)n. A frame hut covered with matting, as of bark or brush, used by nomadic Native Americans of North America.
[Fox wi·kiya·pi, house, from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi.]wickiup (ˈwɪkɪˌʌp) , wikiup or wickyupn (Anthropology & Ethnology) US and Canadian a crude shelter made of brushwood, mats, or grass and having an oval frame, esp of a kind used by nomadic Indians now in Oklahoma and neighbouring states of the US[C19: from Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo wikiyap; compare wigwam]wick•i•up wik•i•up (ˈwɪk iˌʌp)
n. (in Nevada, Arizona, etc.) an American Indian hut made of brushwood or covered with mats. [1850–55, Amer.; earlier applied to the wigwam of the Upper Great Lakes Indians < Fox wi·kiya·pi house < Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ˀmi; compare wigwam] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  wickiup - a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United Stateswikiupindian lodge, lodge - any of various Native American dwellings |
wickiup
wickiup (wĭk`ēŭp'), temporary dwelling of nomadic Native North Americans. It is a framework of arched poles covered by brush, bark, rushes, or mats. The wickiup is found among Native Americans in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, and California. Sometimes other dwellings of tribes in this region are called wickiups even when made of more permanent materials. The name is also spelled wikiup.wikiupA relatively small, temporary, round dwelling of the Apache Indians of the American Southwest; could be reassembled relatively easily and quickly; had a lightweight framework formed by saplings lashed together at their tops so as to form either a domed structure or a conical structure. Additional poles were placed along the sides of the framework to provide added structural strength; the framework was covered with a matting.wickiup
Synonyms for wickiupnoun a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brushSynonymsRelated Words |