The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wikiup
Wikiup \Wik"i*up`\, n. [Of North American Indian origin; cf. Dakota wakeya, wokeya.] The hut used by the nomadic Indian tribes of the arid regions of the west and southwest United States, typically elliptical in form, with a rough frame covered with reed mats or grass or brushwood.
Wiktionary
wikiup
n. (alternative spelling of wickiup English)
WordNet
wikiup
n. a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American indians in the southwestern United States [syn: wickiup]
Usage examples of "wikiup".
The Eskimos tended to ice igloos for the winter and sod huts for the summer, the Indians had wikiups, tepee affairs, and the French-Canadian had built himself a little stone house that might have been transplanted from his fatherland.