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mackinaw

mackinaw


mack·i·naw    Audio Help   (māk'ə-nô')   

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 flatbottom boat with a pointed bow and square stern, once used on the upper Great Lakes.


[After Old Mackinac, a fort on the site of present-day and Mackinaw City in northern Michigan.]
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