8 definitions found for wigwam

Wigwam WIGWAM, n. An Indian cabin or hut, so called in America. It is sometimes written weekwam.

wigwam n 1: a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides

wigwam noun Etymology: Eastern Abenaki wìkəwαm house Date: 1628 a hut of the American Indians of the Great Lakes region and eastward having typically an arched framework of poles overlaid with bark, rush mats, or hides; also a rough hut

wigwam
n.
1 a N. American Indian's hut or tent of skins, mats, or bark on poles.
2 a similar structure for children etc.
Etymology: Ojibwa wigwaum, Algonquin wikiwam their house

wigwam (wigwams) A wigwam is the same as a tepee. N-COUNT

wigwam ˈwɪɡwæm n. 1 a N. American Indian's hut or tent of skins, mats, or bark on poles. 2 a similar structure for children etc. [Ojibwa wigwaum, Algonquin wikiwam their house]

Wigwam Wig"wam, n. [From the Algonquin or Massachusetts Indian word w[=e]k, ``his house,'' or ``dwelling place;'' with possessive and locative affixes, w[=e]-kou-om-ut, ``in his (or their) house,'' contracted by the English to weekwam, and wigwam.] An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- called also tepee. [Sometimes written also weekwam.] Very spacious was the wigwam, Made of deerskin dressed and whitened, With the gods of the Dacotahs Drawn and painted on its curtains. --Longfellow. Note: ``The wigwam, or Indian house, of a circular or oval shape, was made of bark or mats laid over a framework of branches of trees stuck in the ground in such a manner as to converge at the top, where was a central aperture for the escape of smoke from the fire beneath. The better sort had also a lining of mats. For entrance and egress, two low openings were left on opposite sides, one or the other of which was closed with bark or mats, according to the direction of the wind.'' --Palfrey.

wigwam n. Hut (of an American Indian), cabin, tepee.