DCHP-1 Online

skin lodge † 

• a conical tent in which poles spread at the ground and joined at the top are covered with buffalo hide (originally), canvas, etc., used primarily by the Plains Indians.

  See also: lodge (def. 2a)  teepee  

  • 1910  The old skin lodges were fast disappearing, to give place to neatly constructed log houses, whitewashed and comfortably furnished.
  • 1934  Across the river . . . were pitched scores upon scores of conical skin lodges. . . .