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wickiup

NOUN
  1. a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States

How To Use wickiup In A Sentence

  • Nothing had felt this good since he had slept in Awi's wickiup, with the Dakota snow outside and the smell of cinnamon and long grass in his nose.
  • Then another full day to set up the tepee and the wickiup.
  • She hesitated only a moment in the moonlight to calm herself, before slipping inside the wickiup, where he waited so eagerly. PAINT THE WIND
  • She hesitated only a moment in the moonlight to calm herself, before slipping inside the wickiup, where he waited so eagerly. PAINT THE WIND
  • Some programs recommend building a wickiup from twigs or digging an emergency snow cave, ‘just like a marmot.’
  • Wickiups are used today by San Carlos Apache families during the rite-of-passage ceremony for girls.
  • There was some line about, ‘I'll take you to my wickiup,’ or something.
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