wickiup
Use Wickiup in a sentence
iˌʌp noun
1.
(in Nevada, Arizona, etc.) an American Indian hut made of brushwood or covered with mats.
2.
Western U.S. any rude hut.
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wickiup, wikiup or wickyup (ˈwɪkɪˌʌp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| (US), (Canadian) 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 | |
| [C19: from Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo wikiyap; compare | |
| wikiup, wikiup or wickyup | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo wikiyap; compare | |
| wickyup, wikiup or wickyup | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo wikiyap; compare | |
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Wickiup
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Example sentences
The lifestyles here are far removed from the itinerant wickiup communities of a century ago.
He instructed his students on how to make a primitive shelter called a wickiup.
If shelter was needed, a small, round sagebrush bower called a wickiup was constructed.
Also called a wickiup wool: noun: thick, soft hair of some animals, such as sheep.
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