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yurt

yurt [ yurt ] (plural yurts)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. Asian tent: a collapsible circular tent of felt and skins stretched over a pole frame, originally used by Central Asian nomadic peoples and now used more widely

2. storage building: a circular structure with a tight, fitted roofing material, used especially by highway departments to store road salt and sand for winter use

[Late 18th century. Via Russian yurta< Turkic jurt]
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