Mackinaw coat

British  

/ ˈmækɪˌnɔː /

noun

1. Also called: mackinaw.  a thick short double-breasted plaid coat

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Etymology

Origin of Mackinaw coat

C19: named after Mackinaw, variant of _Mackinac

Example Sentences

He was wrapped in a thick Mackinaw coat, with a cloth cap pulled down over his ears; and he wore big overshoes, which buckled near to his knees.

From Higgins A Man's Christian by Duncan, Norman

She pulled aside his Mackinaw coat and laid her head upon his breast.

From 'Me--Smith' by Hoskins, Gayle Porter

He found himself facing an uncouth-looking youth who, despite the heat of an early September afternoon, wore a heavy blanket Mackinaw coat, rubber shoes and thick stockings tied at the knee.

From Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]

It needed only a man in a Mackinaw coat with an axe to persuade us we had motored from a French village ten hundred years old into a perfectly new trading-post on the Saskatchewan.

From With the French in France and Salonika by Davis, Richard Harding

But the moment McGraw reappeared in arctics and Mackinaw coat, Griffith hurriedly led the way out of the smother of smoke and foul air.

From Out of the Primitive by Bennet, Robert Ames