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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. . . .