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sweat-house

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a hut, wigwam, etc. used for taking sweat-baths (def. 1), originally a practice of Indians.

See: sweat-bath(def. 1 and 2),sweating bath,sweat lodge

Quotations

1887

We have passed many of these sweat houses at various places. . . .

1935

Facing the entrance, at the distance of a few yards, was a domed sweat-house for the candidate's purification.

1957

Build a sweat-house by making a dome shaped tee-pee of willow hoops, large enough for a person to crouch down inside, preferably beside a creek or river. . . .