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wickiup

wickiup

1 9.9
A round hut made of poles covered with brush or grass used for shelter
  • noun
  • /ˈwɪkiˌʌp/
  • US
translation icon : wickiup
  • The hikers discovered an old wickiup that had been abandoned for years in the desert.
  • build a wickiup

Examples

  • Traditionally, a wickiup is made with poles and brush, providing essential shelter for families.

  • Three hundred wickiups or more.

    Fort Apache (1948)

  • So this piece reminded me of a wickiup, but also of a horse basking in rays of light.

  • 33. My father's permanent home and Quail's and other Indians' was at Hapook across the river from Wickiup.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The scrubby sagebrush wasn't quite tall enough to weave into a wickiup.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • We gathered around the fire outside the wickiup to share stories after a long day.

Synonyms

wigwam
vswickiup
  • US
5 8.9

A round hut made with poles and covered with bark or skins that some Native American tribes use

is specific to southwestern brush and grass covering rather than bark or hides
wikiup
vswickiup
  • US
9.9

A hut with a simple frame covered in branches or grass used for shelter by Native American people

is the alternate spelling used here for that southwestern brush hut
Indian lodge
vswickiup
  • Archaic
8.2

A traditional home used by some Native American groups like a tepee or wigwam

is narrower, naming the southwestern brush framed hut specifically

How Big

house
∞ 1.0
lodge
170 3.4
wickiup
  • US
1 9.9
hut
217 1.0
lean-to
6 6.7

Surface Forms

wickiup singular
wickiups plural

Etymology

Wickiup comes from a Native American word used in the American West for a simple 'hut' or 'lodge', and it is like the familiar word wigwam. That's why a wickiup today means a dome-shaped shelter made of poles and brush.