(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:59:39

Mack"i*naw blan"ket,

Mack"i*naw.[From Mackinac,the State of Michigan, where blankets and other stores were distributed to the Indians.]

A thick blanket formerly in common use in the western part of the United States.

 

© Webster 1913.

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