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From an Algonquian language term for "something to sit on". Compare Cree ᐊᐢᐹᐏᑲᓀᐦᐃᑲᐣ (aspaawikanehikan, “saddle blanket”) and Ojibwe apishimon/apishamon (“something to lie down upon”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
apishamore
Today it means: A saddle blanket. Full definition →