wikiup n 1: a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States [syn: {wickiup}, {wikiup}]
Wikiup \Wik"i*up`\, n. [Of North American Indian origin; cf. Dakota wakeya, wokeya.] The hut used by the nomadic Indian tribes of the arid regions of the west and southwest United States, typically elliptical in form, with a rough frame covered with reed mats or grass or brushwood. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]