Mackinaw blanket

American  

noun

1. a thick woolen blanket, often woven with bars of color, formerly used in the northern and western U.S. by Indians, loggers, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of Mackinaw blanket

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Example Sentences

Each had, in addition to his buckskin breeches and moccasins, a five-point Mackinaw blanket, these comprising for him a complete suit.

From Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Travel to California by the Ox-team Method by Maxwell, Wm. Audley (William Audley)

A close-fitting otter cap, with a Mackinaw blanket, completed the wardrobe of Isaac Bradley.

From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne

One young fellow sported a bright-coloured Mackinaw blanket jacket; another wore a red knit sash, with tasselled ends; a third's fancy ran to a bright bandana about his neck.

From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward

We stopped at a hotel, and I slept in my Mackinaw blanket that I carried with me, on the dining-room floor.

From The Adventures of a Forty-niner An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days by Ivanowski, Sigismond de