barabara

American  

[bahr-uh-bahr-uh] / ˌbɑr əˈbɑr ə /

noun

1. an Alaskan or north Siberian semisubterranean house built of sod or turf.

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Etymology

Origin of barabara

1865–70, < dialectal Russian barabóra; further origin uncertain

Example Sentences

As we had seen nothing by four o'clock in the morning, we cautiously withdrew, and, going some distance down the shore, camped in an old hunting barabara.

From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various

It is made like a small barabara, except there is no smoke hole, has a similar frame, is thatched with straw, and can be made air-tight.

From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various

Once in Kaluda Bay, we found Kidder's and Blake's barabara where they made headquarters, and their cook informed us that both sportsmen were many miles up the bay after bear.

From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various

Although we had a good tent with us, we used, for the most part, the native hunting barabara for shelter.

From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various

If the natives find no sign on their morning tour, they rest all day, perhaps taking a Turkish bath in a banya, which is not infrequently attached to the hunting barabara.

From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various