pipestone

[ pahyp-stohn ]

/ ˈpaɪpˌstoʊn /

noun

a reddish argillaceous stone used by North American Indians for making tobacco pipes.

Nearby words

piperine, piperonal, piperonyl butoxide, pipes of pan, pipestem, pipestone, pipet, pipette, pipewort, pipi, piping

Origin of pipestone

First recorded in 1755–65; pipe¹ + stone

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Examples from the Web for pipestone

A few days later two solitary teepees stood on the shore of the pond, under the red cliffs of the Pipestone Quarry.
Red Hunters And the Animal People|Charles A. Eastman
This crossing had been for generations the fording place of the red peoples in their pilgrimages to the pipestone quarry.
The Spirit Lake Massacre|Thomas Teakle
After passing the pipestone falls, we entered country new to us, where the valley became much wider.
With the Indians in the Rockies|James Willard Schultz
A stone from Ohio, for pipestone from Dakota, or for a stone from any other State.
Harper's Young People, June 21, 1881|Various

They are chiefly made of a soft stone something like the pipestone used by the present Indians which approaches soapstone.
The Mound Builders|George Bryce

British Dictionary definitions for pipestone

pipestone

/ (ˈpaɪpˌstəʊn) /

noun

a variety of consolidated red clay used by Native Americans to make tobacco pipes

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