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Wool coat that is often plaid
Answer for the clue "Wool coat that is often plaid ", 8 letters:
mackinaw
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A heavy, woolen cloth. 2 A blanket made of wool, formerly distributed to the Amerindians by the USA government. 3 A flat-bottomed cargo boat; mackinaw boat.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material [syn: Mackinaw coat ] a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States [syn: Mackinaw blanket ] a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes [syn: Mackinaw boat ] a heavy ...
Gazetteer
Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 1452 Housing Units (2000): 608 Land area (2000): 1.254750 sq. miles (3.249787 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.030029 sq. miles (0.077775 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.284779 sq. miles (3.327562 sq. km) FIPS code: 45785 Located within: Illinois ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mackinaw \Mack"i*naw\, Mackinaw boat \Mack"i*naw boat\ A flat-bottomed boat with a pointed prow and square stern, using oars or sails or both, used esp. on the upper Great Lakes and their tributaries.
Usage examples of mackinaw.
I hung up my heavy mackinaw and scarf and walked like an automaton back to the kitchen.
She took from it a black-and-red-plaid mackinaw that had seen her through five winters.
Tory jerked the collar of his mackinaw up around his ears, pulled his Stetson low on his forehead and prayed that he was keeping his horse in a straight line.
When he stood up, Jadine held his mackinaw for him, knowing it would be difficult for him to pull it on because of his wound.
Chance sniffed the air as he took off his mackinaw and wiped his boots on the rug in front of the door.
Raven rose to her feet and stood like an obedient child as Isaac helped her into her sheepsin-lined mackinaw, then wound a red scarf over her head and neck.
Jax for details, my six hours spelling, and the three hours we spent at the Mackinaw Fort doing the tourist thing, I was mentally and physically tired.
Now that the island Weres knew we were still in Mackinaw, they would keep looking until they found us.
It was more likely that the riot had been the Mackinaw Weres looking for me.
Turning away, he started to walk for the Mackinaw City end of the bridge.
The hood was up and a guy in a red plaid mackinaw was leaning in under it.
I took a slow deep breath and cocked the revolver and brought the big Colt up carefully and aimed and gently pressed the trigger with the ball of my index finger and shot the guy in the mackinaw in the left thigh above the knee where it might just be a flesh wound and if it broke the bone it could heal with less complication.
The man in the mackinaw, who seemed to be a custodian of sorts, apologized for the lack of heat inside the dome.
He had exchanged the lumberjacket for the mackinaw, probably because the mackinaw had some sentimental memories for his wife.
Quickly he let his clothes form around him again and added a heavy mackinaw jacket to them.