yurt

/jərt/

Other forms: yurts

A yurt is a round, tent-like home. Traditional yurts are portable, lending themselves well to nomadic lifestyles.

A yurt's structure is usually provided by flexible wooden framing, covered by furs, felt, or canvas. The word comes from the Russian yurta, from a Turkic root that means "homeland," also literally referring to the imprint a yurt leaves in the ground when it's moved. In various parts of Central Asia, yurts have been common dwellings for thousands of years. In the U.S., where they're often used for camping, their popularity is more recent.

Definitions of yurt

1. noun

   a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
   type of:

   abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home

   housing that someone is living in