A thick blanket used by the Indians of the North-West.
1839. We had Mackinaw-blankets, stretched upon balsam branches, to recline upon.—C. F. Hoffman, ‘Wild Scenes,’ i. 113–4 (Lond.).
1851. My “Mackinaw,” a great favorite—for it makes my bed by night, and my great-coat on other occasions.—Mayne Reid, ‘The Scalp Hunters,’ p. 17. (N.E.D.)
1856. My physician—that’s me—strongly recommended a tent, a soft plank, and a Mackinaw blanket.—Putnam’s Mag., viii. 384/2 (Oct.).
1857. Mac was making a variety of contortions between heaven and a mackinaw.—San Francisco Call, Jan. 29.
