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Tapalguen itself, or the town of Tapalguen, if it may be so called, consists of a perfectly level plain, studded over, as far as the eye can reach, with the toldos, or oven-shaped huts of the Indians.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

Tapalguen itself, or the town of Tapalguen, if it may be so called, consists of a perfectly level plain, studded over, as far as the eye can reach, with the toldos, or oven-shaped huts of the Indians.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

The small, dark, oven-shaped room, smoky and foul with the smell of fish and dirt, was home to him -- the mud floor, worn smooth and hard with use, was strewn with mats and skins which served for chairs and beds.

Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola Edson Leone Whitney

The most remarkable thing connected with the history of this bird is his oven-shaped nest.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Various

It was a low vaulted ceiling cut out of the live rock, almost oven-shaped, and hardly twelve feet high at the highest point.

The Man-Wolf and Other Tales Erckmann-Chatrian

Tapalguen, itself, or the town of Tapalguen, if it may be so called, consists of a perfectly level plain, studded over, as far as the eye can reach, with the toldos or oven-shaped huts of the Indians.

Chapter VI 1909

But amid the whole scene our eyes took in nothing except that horrible covering of death—the oven-shaped mound.

The Boy Lover. Pieces in Early Youth 1892

Others build a massive oven-shaped structure of clay on a branch or other elevated site.

The Naturalist in La Plata 1881

In the genus Furnarius the oven-shaped clay structure is known to be made by three species; a fourth builds a nest of sticks in a tree; a fifth burrows in the side of

The Naturalist in La Plata 1881

In various parts of the cave, above and below the cornice, are deep cavities or recesses of various forms and sizes, some of them oblong, and others oven-shaped, of much the same character as those found in the French caves.

Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe 1879