mackinaw boat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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).

Word forms

mackinaw boat mackinaw boats

Etymology

From Ojibwe.

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