appichimon

[< Cdn F < Algonk.]

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a saddle blanket, usually of buffalo-calf skin, used also as a mat for sitting or lying on.

1804

They could not remain seated on their epishemaunts on the floor.

1825

. . . he also found an appichimon belonging to one of the men. . . .

1876

First a sheep or goat's skin, or a piece of buffalo "robe," failing either of the former, called an "apichimo[n]," is placed on its back.

1918 [1919]

[... we made a lodge lining of our pishimores--pieces of buffalo robe that we used for saddle blankets....]