sweathouse
noun
(especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
sweathouses
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pluralof sweathouse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But one of the hundred-willow sweathouses is now made—the one on the third day.
From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler
Some informants said turip itself had 8 houses and 3 sweathouses.
From The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California by Sherburne Friend Cook
Netstul, a "large town" with 40 houses and 1 sweathouse, may be given 30 houses, and Koticomota, a "large town" with 2 sweathouses, may be given 35 houses.
From The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California by Sherburne Friend Cook
Of the two "large towns" one had 2 sweathouses and the other had 1 sweathouse and 40 ordinary houses.
From The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California by Sherburne Friend Cook
He directed Morningstar and Scar Face to build four sweathouses, standing side by side, with their entrances facing east.
From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler
