pipestone

[ pahyp-stohn ]

/ ˈpaɪpˌstoʊn /

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noun

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

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Origin of pipestone

First recorded in 1755–65; pipe¹ + stone

Words nearby pipestone

piperonal, piperonyl butoxide, pipe snake, pipes of Pan, pipestem, pipestone, pipette, pipe up, pipe vine, pipewort, pipe wrench

How to use pipestone in a sentence

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
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
All tribes, even those at war, could claim asylum at the red pipestone.
The Conquest|Eva Emery Dye
Lewis drew forth his imposing calumet of red pipestone and lighted it.
The Conquest|Eva Emery Dye

Here they remained for a day quarrying pipestone and fashioning pipes.
The Spirit Lake Massacre|Thomas Teakle

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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