quinzhee
Definitions
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- noun A shelter made by hollowing out a pile of snow.
Examples
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Bidding goodnight to Francine, John and I set off in the dark to find both quinzhee and tent.
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John is all for sleeping in the quinzhee, but having seen how thin Regent's sleeping bags are, I exert what is left of my parental authority and take up our host's suggestion that we use a nearby tent which he has equipped with a log-burning stove.
Note
The word 'quinzhee' comes from a Slavey word meaning "in the shelter". (Slavey is an Athabaskan language spoken among the Slavey and Sahtu people of Canada in the Northwest Territories.)
