DCHP-2
snow igloo Arctic DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a domed structure built of blocks of hard snow; an Eskimo snowhouse. [See picture at igloo.]
See also: igloo (meaning 1a)
- 1921 Their clothing was of skins, and in summer they lived in skin tents and in winter in snow igloos, in the building of which they were very expert.
- 1952 She's been stormbound in tents and snow igloos; when their small son was only four, they were lost in a storm once for days in the ice of Hudson Bay, but kept alive by building an igloo and eating one of their loved dog team.
- 1921 Their clothing was of skins, and in summer they lived in skin tents and in winter in snow igloos, in the building of which they were very expert.