Synonyms for mackinaw

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mak-uh-naw

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæk əˌnɔ

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Définition of mackinaw

Origin : type of boat used on the Great Lakes, 1812, from Mackinac, name of a port and island in Michigan, from Ojibway (Algonquian) mitchimakinak "many turtles," from mishiin- "be many" + mikinaak "snapping turtle." As a type of heavy blanket given to the Indians by the U.S. government, it is attested from 1822.

As in coat : noun personal outerwear

Example sentences :

In silence he arose and slipped on his mackinaw blanket coat.
Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White

He was dressed in mackinaw, and wore a fur cap with drooping ear-flaps.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

It is known that the Mission of Mackinaw fell on the downfall of the Jesuits.
Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.

That the advantage by water lines is in favor of Mackinaw, we have shown.
Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.

Mackinaw is at the junction of three great lakes; Chicago at the foot of one.
Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.

Mackinaw is at the head of Lake Michigan—Chicago, at the foot.
Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.

Mackinaw has more than the advantages of Cincinnati for manufactures.
Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.

At the Straits of Mackinaw the whole system of land and water centres.
Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.

Re-entering the Saut the steamer shapes her course for Mackinaw.
Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.

They slipped on mackinaw coats and disappeared into the white swirling night.
Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine

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