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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In the western United States, a saddle-blanket made of the skin of a buffalo-calf.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A saddle-blanket, a saddle blanket.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a saddle blanket made of buffalo hide

Etymologies

  1. From an Algonquian language for "something to sit on"; compare Cree ᐊᐢᐹᐃᐧᑲᓀᐦᐃᑲᐣ (aspâwikanêhikan, "saddle blanket"). (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “As I was hidden by a tree, the wolf approached the fire within a few feet, and was soon tugging away at an apishamore or saddle-cloth of buffalo calfskin which lay on the ground.”

    Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains

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