WICKIUP

[wick.i.up] n [Fox (Algonquian language of the Fox, Sauk, and Kickapoo Indians) wikiyapi house] (1852): a hut used by the nomadic Indians of the arid regions of the western and southwestern U.S. with a usu. oval base and a rough frame covered with reed mats, grass, or brushwood; also: a rude temporary shelter or hut