mackinaw

[mak-uh-naw]

noun

1. a short double-breasted coat of a thick woolen material, commonly plaid.

Other Word Forms

• mackinawed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mackinaw¹

First recorded in 1755–65; spelling variant of Mackinac

Example Sentences

“Busia and I entered the forest. She and I went alone, nearly a century apart but also together. … We disappeared into the dense forests. She wore a cape. I wore a mackinaw jacket.”

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Oscar Noble was standing in the big front room, his gray hat on his head and his red mackinaw buttoned up tight around his throat.

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Stepping over to my father, I buried my face in his old mackinaw coat.

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In the fall he burned brush piles and raked leaves for Virginia Gatewood, a stick figure at twilight in cloth gloves and a threadbare mackinaw coat ragged at the elbows.

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A young man in boots, corduroys, and a red and black checked mackinaw climbed out and strode near.

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Related Words

• cloak 
• frock 
• jacket 
• overcoat 
• raincoat 
• suit 
• tuxedo 
• windbreaker 
• wrap