单词 | wanigan |
释义 | wanigan /won"i geuhn/, n. 1. a lumberjack's trunk. 2. a lumber camp's supply chest. 3. a small house on wheels or tractor treads, used as an office or shelter in temporary lumber camps. 4. (esp. in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest) a lean-to or other small addition built onto a house trailer, cabin, etc. Also, wangan, wangun /wang"geuhn/, wannigan. [1840-50; < Ojibwa wa·nikka·n pit, deriv. of wa·nikke·- to dig a hole in the ground < Proto-Algonquian *wa·thehke·- (*wa·th- hole + *-ehke·- make)] |
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