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Definition of Tepee
1. Noun. A Native American tent; usually of conical shape.
Definition of Tepee
1. n. An Indian wigwam or tent.
Definition of Tepee
1. Noun. a conical tent usually consisting of skins and used especially by American Indians of the Plains ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tepee
1. a conical tent of some North American Indians [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tepee
Literary usage of Tepee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pony Tracks by Frederic Remington (1895)
"A MERRY CHRISTMAS IN A SIBLEY tepee "EAT, drink, and be merry, for to-morrow we
die." Not a good excuse, but it has been sufficient on many occasions to be ..."
2. Men who Conquered by John Thomson Faris (1922)
"Out of An Indian tepee The Wonderful Story of Charles A. Eastman ONE of the best
known of the full-blood Indians who have risen from savagery to a position ..."
3. Records of the Past by Records of the Past Exploration Society (1906)
"PILLAGER INDIAN CHIEF S tepee, FLOWER ISLAND The present king states that these
ceremonies, which are necessary to bring fish, fruit, rice, rabbits, ..."
4. Harper's Camping and Scouting: An Outdoor Guide for American Boys by George Bird Grinnell, Eugene La Forrest Swan (1911)
"Wigwam or tepee in the Woods Although the building of a tepee, which is the proper
Indian term, or wigwam, as we often call it, has been described for ..."
5. History and Civics of Oklahoma by Luther Jewett Abbott (1910)
"... but he himself, with thirty of the best equipped men, struck out due north2
in search of a Grass tepee of the Wichita Indians (Caddo County), ..."
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