mackinaw boat

English

Etymology

From Ojibwe.

Noun

mackinaw boat (plural mackinaw boats)

  1. (historical) A flat-bottomed cargo boat, resembling a canoe, often schooner-rigged, formerly used on the Great Lakes and the Missouri River (to a lesser extent, elsewhere).
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