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A lodge used by nomadic American indians in the SW US
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wickiup
Word definitions for wickiup in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wickiup \Wick"i*up\ Wickyup \Wick"y*up\, n. Vars of Wikiup .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American indians in the southwestern United States [syn: wikiup ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A domed hut, similar to a wigwam, used by some semi-nomadic Native American tribes, particularly in the southwestern and western United States.
Usage examples of wickiup.
With a nod, Matilda followed Blue Hawk across the rancheria and into a large, brush-covered wickiup.
He drove me through a tangle of roads and paths to a gleaming marmol wickiup and pointed.
He leaned heavily on Matilda as they followed Maba into a small wickiup.
He wanted nothing more than to sit down and close his eyes, but he waited until Maba left the wickiup before surrendering to the weariness that enfulfed him.
Ryan muttered, picking his way between the Mescalero toward the wickiup.
At that time there were still Indians camped on the western plains and late in the day he passed in his riding a scattered group of their wickiups propped upon that scoured and trembling waste.
Decorated hi fanciful patterns, they lay in colorful rows near the crowded city of weik-waums, wickiups and tepees which had sprung up around the palisade spined, earthen walled fortress.
Their animals were grazing among the willows in the periodic river basin to the west of the town and what seemed to be rocks or debris under the wall was the sordid collection of leantos and wickiups thrown up with poles and hides and wagonsheets.