wigwam
verbEtymology Borrowed from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”), from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”). Doublet of wickiup.
1
To dry (flax or straw) by standing it outside in the shape of a wigwam.
wigwam
noun/ˈwɪɡwɑːm/
Etymology Borrowed from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”), from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”). Doublet of wickiup.
1
A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.
2
Dated, Possibly Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world.
- 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: [...]1796, J[ohn] G[abriel] Stedman, chapter XV, in Narrative of a Five Years’ Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America; […], volume I, London: J[oseph] Johnson, […], and J. Edwards, […], →OCLC, page 388:
- 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.1845 edition, Charles Darwin, Journal and Remarks (The Voyage of the Beagle)
- Derived terms
- wigwam burner, wigwam for a goose's bridle