DCHP-2
teepee † tepee, tipi [< Siouan ti dwell + pi used for; Assiniboine tipi] DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
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: skin lodge wigwam ((n.)) (def. 1b)
- 1870 One "buck" was found alive afterwards, in his tepee, who had killed two of his squaws with his knife and piled their dead bodies over himself to hide him.
- 1914 Every teepee had three or four dogs stretched out in the coolest place or prowling around looking for something to chew, or else the chance of a fight.
- 1949 a tent Built ti pee [Assiniboine]
- 1963 The traditional buffalo-hide covering of tipis has given way to canvas but there is still much work in making them.
- 1870 One "buck" was found alive afterwards, in his tepee, who had killed two of his squaws with his knife and piled their dead bodies over himself to hide him.