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Mackinaw

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Noun

1. mackinaw, mackinaw coat

a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material

2. mackinaw, mackinaw blanket

a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States

3. mackinaw, mackinaw boat

a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes

4. mackinaw

a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mackinaw

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noun
mainly US and Canadian another name for Mackinaw coat

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Mackinaw

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adjective
1. 
of or from Mackinac Island, formerly a center of trade with the Indians of the Northwest
2. 
of or made of a heavy, napped woolen cloth, often plaid
noun [usually m-]
3. 
Mackinaw blanket
4. 
Mackinaw boat
5. 
Mackinaw coat

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Mackinaw

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n.
1. A short, double-breasted coat of heavy, usually plaid, woolen material.
2. The cloth from which such a coat is made, usually of wool, often with a heavy nap.
3.
a. A flatbottom boat pointed at both ends and often rigged as a schooner, historically used on the upper Great Lakes.
b. A flatbottom boat historically used on the Missouri River and its tributaries.

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