Definitions

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  • noun Canada A shelter made by hollowing out a pile of snow.

Etymologies

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From Slavey  (kóézhii, "in the shelter").

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Examples

  • Frontier Travel (020-8776 8709; frontier-travel. co.uk) offers return flights to Quebec via Montreal with Air Canada, and four nights at the Fairmont Chateau Frontenac for £675 per person, with a fifth night at Au Pays des Hurons First Nations site from £72 per person, including quinzhee building.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • I awake feeling physically wrecked but pleased to see that our quinzhee still stands.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • 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.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Frontier Travel (020-8776 8709; frontier-travel. co.uk) offers return flights to Quebec via Montreal with Air Canada, and four nights at the Fairmont Chateau Frontenac for £675 per person, with a fifth night at Au Pays des Hurons First Nations site from £72 per person, including quinzhee building.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • 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.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • I awake feeling physically wrecked but pleased to see that our quinzhee still stands.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Bidding goodnight to Francine, John and I set off in the dark to find both quinzhee and tent.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Bidding goodnight to Francine, John and I set off in the dark to find both quinzhee and tent.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Frontier Travel (020-8776 8709; frontier-travel. co.uk) offers return flights to Quebec via Montreal with Air Canada, and four nights at the Fairmont Chateau Frontenac for £675 per person, with a fifth night at Au Pays des Hurons First Nations site from £72 per person, including quinzhee building.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • I awake feeling physically wrecked but pleased to see that our quinzhee still stands.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

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  • A hogan’s a nice house for two.

    A teepee or wigwam might do,

    But when cold and windy

    You need a dry quinzhee

    Or else find a vacant igloo.

    March 14, 2018

  • Great place in which to play yahtzee.

    March 15, 2018

  • Or watch koyaanisqatsi with bilby :-)

    March 15, 2018