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).

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Meanings

nounmackinaw boat (plural mackinaw boats)

plural mackinaw boats

  1. historicalA 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).

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes

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mackinaw
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boat
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mackinaw

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Ojibwe.

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APA

mackinaw boat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mackinaw%20boat

MLA

“mackinaw boat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mackinaw%20boat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mackinaw boat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mackinaw%20boat.

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