calumet









calumet


noun

  1. a long-stemmed, ornamented tobacco pipe used by North American Indians on ceremonial occasions, especially in token of peace.

noun

  1. a less common name for peace pipe
n.

1660s, from Canadian French calumet, from Norman French calumet “pipe” (Old French chalemel, 12c., Modern French chalumeau), from Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus “reed; something made of reed or shaped like a reed” (see shawm).

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