Definition of "mackinaw" [mack•i•naw]

• A short, double-breasted coat of heavy, usually plaid, woolen material. (noun)
• The cloth from which such a coat is made, usually of wool, often with a heavy nap. (noun)
• A flatbottom boat with a pointed bow and square stern, once used on the upper Great Lakes. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "[Page 55] * A mackinaw is a short, rough coat of material much like a grey horse blanket."
• "Lake trout, also called mackinaw, are, beyond any reasonable doubt, the primary culprits in the decline of the Blue Mesa salmon fishery."
• "Naethe's 150 lake trout, also known as mackinaw, gave him a total of 434 as the seven weekend-long tournament passed the halfway point."