What is "semisubterranean"

Usage examples of "semisubterranean".

Rather than a single large, sod-covered, semisubterranean longhouse that Ayla had likened to a cave or even a human-sized burrow, in this Camp several individual round lodges were clustered together on the terrace.

The fires warmed the interior of the semisubterranean dwelling more than fires usually warmed the caves she was accustomed to.

The Mamutoi were sedentary in the winter, and this group, like the rest, lived in a permanent encampment or community of one or two large or several smaller semisubterranean earthlodges, which they called Falcon Camp.

The roomy semisubterranean dwelling was strong and built to last many years.

The place had such a familiar feeling that she half expected to see the long, semisubterranean earthlodge of the Lion Camp tucked into the side of the slope at the back of a river terrace, with grass growing out of the sides, a rounded top, and the perfectly symmetrical arched entrance that had so surprised her when she first saw it.

Attaroa was sitting on a fur-covered seat on a raised platform of earth, which had been dug from the floor of the large semisubterranean earthlodge just behind her.

It overlooked an ancient semisubterranean gallery that ran alongside the Old Palace and gave access to it, but was now seldom used.

The wind turned cold as darkness fell, and there was a breath of snow in the air when Ayla and Jondalar went in, but the Mammoth Hearth in the middle of the semisubterranean dwelling was snug and warm as people gathered.

As Talut of the Mammoth Hunters continued describing the construction of the semisubterranean earthlodge, Ayla and Jondalar became even more impressed.

They had plenty of food stored, and busied themselves with their usual winter diversions, snug and secure inside their semisubterranean longhouse.

Well insulated and heated by several fires, lamps, and natural body heat, it was warm in the semisubterranean longhouse.