DCHP-1 Online
sweating house Obs. 
a hut, wigwam, etc. used for taking sweat-baths (def. 1), originally a practice of Indians.
See also: sweat-bath (def. 1) sweat-house
- 1743 (1949) . . . they then take about 20 Large stones, and heat them hott in the fire, in another tent, when hott, they put them into their hutt or swetting house. . . .
- 1820 (1824) The ceremony took place in a sweating house . . . erected for the occasion by the worshipper's two wives.
- 1743 (1949) . . . they then take about 20 Large stones, and heat them hott in the fire, in another tent, when hott, they put them into their hutt or swetting house. . . .