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skin lodge†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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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.
Quotations
1910
The old skin lodges were fast disappearing, to give place to neatly constructed log houses, whitewashed and comfortably furnished.
1934
Across the river . . . were pitched scores upon scores of conical skin lodges. . . .