Mackinaw blanket


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.

Origin of Mackinaw blanket

1
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Words Nearby Mackinaw blanket

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How to use Mackinaw blanket in a sentence

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

  • In silence he arose and slipped on his Mackinaw blanket coat.

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