wickiup
or wick·y·up, wik·i·up
(in Nevada, Arizona, etc.) an American Indian hut made of brushwood or covered with mats.
Western U.S. any rude hut.
Origin of wickiup
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How to use wickiup in a sentence
If the wickiup is large enough, and the vegetation covering the roof is wet or green material, it may be safe enough to build a tiny fire inside this type of shelter.
Winter survival shelters you should know how to build | By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life | December 21, 2020 | Popular-ScienceWhen Redbird and White Bear returned to their wickiup, the crescent moon had reached the high point of its trail across the sky.
Shaman | Robert SheaWhen he reached his wickiup he called Redbird out, and they walked through the camp together.
Shaman | Robert SheaThey left the wickiup and she walked through the camp with her eyes on the ground, too frightened, he supposed, to look about her.
Shaman | Robert SheaThat night Redbird curled up on her solitary pallet of blankets laid over a mat of reeds on one side of the wickiup.
Shaman | Robert Shea
Delgadito turned and entered his wickiup to indicate that Geronimo was dismissed.
The Story of Geronimo | James Arthur Kjelgaard
British Dictionary definitions for wickiup
wikiup or wickyup
/ (ˈwɪkɪˌʌp) /
US and Canadian a crude shelter made of brushwood, mats, or grass and having an oval frame, esp of a kind used by nomadic Indians now in Oklahoma and neighbouring states of the US
Origin of wickiup
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