tepee

views updated Jun 27 2018

te·pee / ˈtēˌpē/ (also tee·pee or ti·pi) • n. a portable conical tent made of skins, cloth, or canvas on a frame of poles, used by American Indians of the Plains and Great Lakes regions.

tepee

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

tepee

views updated May 08 2018

tepee Fold-like structures developed in calcrete soil profiles, tidal areas, and the margins of salt lakes, due to the fluctuations in water levels and changes in chemical precipitation. Tepee structures are characterized by mineral horizons folded with pointed terminations to the anticlinal closure, resembling the form of a tepee tent.

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY

tepee

views updated May 29 2018

tepee A fold-like structure, shaped like a tepee tent, developed in a calcrete soil profile, tidal area, or the margin of a salt lake, caused by fluctuations in water levels and changes in chemical precipitation.

A Dictionary of Ecology MICHAEL ALLABY