mackinaw

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Respelling 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”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmakɪnɔː/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmækənɔ/

mackinaw (countable and uncountable, plural mackinaws)

1. A heavy woolen cloth.
2. A blanket made of wool, formerly distributed to the Amerindians by the U.S. government.
3. A flat-bottomed cargo boat; mackinaw boat.

• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)