mackinaw
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9.5
- noun
- /ˈmækɪnɔː/
- US
:
abrigo de lana
- She wore a plaid green mackinaw coat and charcoal gray slacks of the same heavy wool.
- a mackinaw coat
- a mackinaw jacket
- a plaid mackinaw
Examples
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They stood in their mackinaw coats, bareheaded, waiting, their faces ashen and frightened.
Fiction book (1998) -
I got a box of maple sugar On my birthday In March I got a gray mackinaw
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I pulled on my boots, slipped into my mackinaw, and was out the door.
Fiction book (1991) -
He stopped for coffee in each village he passed, but the men and women sitting there in the cafes, dressed to their ears in plaid mackinaws, were every bit as laconic as the New England stereotype, and the few words he got out of them had nothing to do with politics.
Fiction book (1995) -
No pillows to this sheep camp existence, so Berneta mounds our three mackinaw jackets at the head of her side of the bed to prop herself against asthma in the night.
Fiction book (1993) -
Bob considered his red mackinaw, brilliant against the snow.
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The mysterious woman pulled the collar of her mackinaw up tight around her neck.
Synonyms
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A large, heavy coat worn over clothes to keep warm in cold weather
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A heavy wool jacket with two rows of buttons originally worn by sailors
A short heavy wool coat with a red and black plaid pattern that people wear outdoors to keep warm
A short warm plaid wool jacket for outdoor work and casual wear
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 for a short, thick wool coat comes from the place name Mackinac, said 'Mackinaw', in the Great Lakes region and from the Ojibwe people. These warm, often plaid, coats were made and used there, so mackinaw now means a heavy wool coat.