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View synonyms for wickiup

wickiup

or wick·y·up, wik·i·up

[ wik-ee-uhp ]

noun

  1. (in Nevada, Arizona, etc.) an American Indian hut made of brushwood or covered with mats.
  2. Western U.S. any rude hut.


wickiup

/ ˈwɪkɪˌʌp /

noun

  1. 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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wickiup1

1850–55, Americanism; earlier and still dialectally applied to the bark- or mat-covered wigwams of the Upper Great Lakes Indians < Fox wi·kiya·pi house < Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi; wigwam

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Word History and Origins

Origin of wickiup1

C19: from Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo wikiyap; compare wigwam

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Example Sentences

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.

When Redbird and White Bear returned to their wickiup, the crescent moon had reached the high point of its trail across the sky.

When he reached his wickiup he called Redbird out, and they walked through the camp together.

They left the wickiup and she walked through the camp with her eyes on the ground, too frightened, he supposed, to look about her.

That night Redbird curled up on her solitary pallet of blankets laid over a mat of reeds on one side of the wickiup.

Delgadito turned and entered his wickiup to indicate that Geronimo was dismissed.

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