a dome-shaped hut or tent made by fastening mats, skins, or bark over a framework of poles, used by some North American Indian peoples (北美洲印第安人用席子、兽皮、树皮等搭建的)圆顶棚屋,圆顶茅屋 ■a pyramidal framework of poles used to support runner beans, sweet peas, and other climbing plants (用以支撑豆类、香豌豆等爬藤植物的)竹制圆锥形支架
语源
early 17th cent.: from Ojibwa wigwaum, Algonquian wikiwam 'their house'