Wikiup

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wikiup \Wik"i*up`\, n. [Of North American Indian origin; cf.
     Dakota wakeya, wokeya.]
     The hut used by the nomadic Indian tribes of the arid regions
     of the west and southwest United States, typically elliptical
     in form, with a rough frame covered with reed mats or grass
     or brushwood.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wikiup
       n : a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush;
           used by nomadic American indians in the southwestern
           United States [syn: {wickiup}]