DCHP-3

Mackinaw blanket

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1

a heavily napped and felted woollen cloth from which blankets and articles of clothing are made, nowadays usually of plaid design.

See: Mackinaw(def. 1)

Quotations

1853
The personal equipment of the men was a buffalo-robe for the party to lie upon, and a bag of Mackinaw blanket for each man to crawl into at night
2

a blanket of Mackinaw (def. 1).

See: Mackinaw(def. 2)

Quotations

1960
A heavy blanket is known as a machinaw blanket. . . .