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mackinaw boat

mackinaw boat noun: 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).

Noun

mackinaw boat (plural mackinaw boats)

  1. (historical) 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).

Forms of mackinaw boat

pluralmackinaw boats

Origin of mackinaw boat

From Ojibwe.

Questions about mackinaw boat

What does mackinaw boat mean?
Mackinaw boat means 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).
What part of speech is mackinaw boat?
Mackinaw boat is a noun.
What is the plural of mackinaw boat?
The plural of mackinaw boat is mackinaw boats.

Words near mackinaw boat in the dictionary

  1. MacKillop
  2. Mackinac
  3. Mackinac County
  4. Mackinac Island
  5. mackinaw
  6. mackinaw boat
  7. mackinaw boats
  8. mackinaw coat
  9. mackinaw coats
  10. mackinaw skiff
  11. mackinaw skiffs

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