Wigwam

Definitions

1. A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.
2. Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world.
   dated, possibly

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Examples

“Their houſes or wigwams, which they call⟳ carbets, are built as I have⟳ already deſcribed thoſe of the negroes; but inſtead of being covered with the leaves of the manicole-tree, they are covered with the leaves of rattans or jointed canes, here called tas, which grow⟳ in cluſters in all marſhy places: [...]”

“The Fuegian wigwam resembles, in size and dimensions, a haycock. It merely consists of a few broken branches stuck in the ground, and very imperfectly thatched on one side with a few tufts of grass and rushes.”

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