English Explanatory Dictionary

mackinaw skiff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cargo boat, with a large flat bottom and sharp ends, formerly used on the Great Lakes and the Missouri River (to a lesser extent, elsewhere).
  2. A shooner-rigged boat once used on the Great Lakes.

Word forms

mackinaw skiff mackinaw skiffs

Etymology

From Ojibwe.

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