mackinaw
- noun
- /ˈmækɪnɔː/
- US
:
paño de lana
- For camping trips, I always pack my mackinaw blanket to keep warm during the chilly nights.
Examples
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During the winter festival, everyone admired the beautiful plaid mackinaw coats worn by the participants.
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As she slowed to read, she was butted across the back of her head by a forearm or elbow, her face smothered into the wool mackinaw of the man before her.
Fiction book (1996) -
The hiker wore a warm mackinaw to protect himself from the cold winds in the mountains.
Synonyms
A coarse woolen cloth used in the past in Scandinavia and the British Isles to make warm clothing and blankets
Compounds
- Archaic
A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed ends used on large lakes for fishing and carrying goods
A short heavy wool coat with a red and black plaid pattern that people wear outdoors to keep warm
How Warm
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mackinaw comes from the place name Mackinac, which people say 'Mackinaw' and which comes from the Ojibwe people in the Great Lakes area. Because warm wool cloth was made and sold there, mackinaw came to mean a thick, warm wool fabric.