piskun
/ˈpɪskən/(also pishkun) Now historical
noun
A North American Indian trap for buffalo, consisting of a natural or artificial canyon leading to a steep drop, over which large numbers of buffalo are stampeded, usually into an enclosure.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Scribner's Magazine. From Blackfoot pisskani.
- tremendous
- tremendously
- tremendousness
- tremolando
- tremolite
- tremolo
- tremolo arm
- tremor
- tremulous
- tremulously
- tremulousness
- trenail
- trench
- engine artificer
- engine bearer
- engine bell
- engine block
- engine chip
- engined
- engine driver
- engineer
- engineerable
- engineering
- engineering brick
- engineering ceramics