Synonyms:
wigwam
Meaning: a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides
Usage examples
"This is he!" murmured the hunter to himself as he ran to his wigwam.
Dripping with his recent plunge he sat with chattering teeth within his unfired wigwam.
"Grandfather, I am Manstin," answered the rabbit, all the while looking with curious eyes about the wigwam.
Exhausted and inwardly disgusted with his mishaps, he crawled more cautiously on all fours to his wigwam door.
The old grandfather crept into his wigwam, which is often mistaken for a mere oak tree by little Indian girls and boys.
Till the winter snow covered the ground and ice covered the lakes, the wailing woman's voice was heard from that solitary wigwam.
Life in a wigwam was not a life of ease, and fortunately the children were accustomed to simple habits and the hardships that all endured in those early times.
When she lay awake at night thinking of home, a cricket would chirp outside the wigwam, and a hand slip in a leaf full of berries, or a bark-cup of fresh water for the feverish little mouth.