| wickiup | (n) a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States, Syn. wikiup |
| Wikiup | 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. ] |