Mackinaw Definition
măkə-nô
noun
Webster's New World
A short, double-breasted coat of heavy, usually plaid, woolen material.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
The cloth from which such a coat is made, usually of wool, often with a heavy nap.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
adjective
Of or from Mackinac Island, formerly a center of trade with the Indians of the Northwest.
Webster's New World
Of or made of a heavy, napped woolen cloth, often plaid.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Mackinaw
Noun
Singular:
mackinaw
Plural:
mackinawsOrigin of Mackinaw
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Representing an earlier colloquial pronunciation of Mackinac, a strait between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, an island in the strait, and an important trading-post on the island; ultimately from Ojibwe mishinii-makinaang (“at the place of many snapping turtles").
From Wiktionary
After Old Mackinac , a fort on the site of present-day Mackinaw City in northern Michigan
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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