pipestone

[pahyp-stohn]

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

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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

noun

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

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