sweat-bath DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
1 n.
a bath such as that taken for reasons of health by certain Indians, the bather sitting naked in a hut or lodge and perspiring freely in the steam caused by water being dripped onto hot rocks, the process sometimes being completed by a plunge into an adjacent lake or stream.
2 n.
a hut, wigwam, etc. used for taking sweat-baths (def. 1), originally a practice of Indians.
See also: sweat-bath (def. 1) sweat-house