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Definition of Sealskin tent
1. Noun. Tent that is an Eskimo summer dwelling.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sealskin Tent
Literary usage of Sealskin tent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition by John Murdoch (1892)
"... had tents of deerskin, and I remember also seeing one sealskin tent at the
same place, which, it is my impression, ..."
2. The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe: With a Historical Review of by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1885)
"During winter a sealskin tent was probably stretched over this opening, but it
was removed for the time, probably to permit the summer heat to penetrate ..."
3. The Labrador Coast: A Journal of Two Summer Cruises to that Region by Alpheus Spring Packard (1891)
"An Eskimo family had evidently been summering there in a sealskin tent. The marks
of their temporary sojourn were t-he circle of water-worn stones which had ..."
4. Human Geography by Joseph Russell Smith (1921)
"When spring comes and the snow house begins to melt, the family moves into a
sealskin tent or into a hut built of stones chinked with dirt. ..."
5. Human Geography by Joseph Russell Smith (1921)
"When spring comes and the snow house begins to melt, the family moves into a
sealskin tent or into a hut built of stones chinked with dirt. ..."
6. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1865)
"... and confined to my fur bed, inside the topic (the sealskin tent used in summer).
I felt no inclination to eat until the kind-hearted Twe- roong came in, ..."
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