wickiup
or wick·y·up, wik·i·up
[ wik-ee-uhp ]
/ ˈwɪk iˌʌp /
noun
(in Nevada, Arizona, etc.) an American Indian hut made of brushwood or covered with mats.
Western U.S.
any rude hut.
Origin of wickiup
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; cf.
wigwam
Words nearby wickiup
wickerwork,
wicket,
wicket maiden,
wicketkeeper,
wicking,
wickiup,
wickliffe,
wicklow,
wickthing,
wicopy,
wid.
Example sentences from the Web for wickiup
British Dictionary definitions for wickiup
wickiup
wikiup or wickyup
/ (ˈwɪkɪˌʌp) /
noun
US and 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
Word Origin for wickiup
C19: from Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo
wikiyap; compare
wigwam