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English
Etymology
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”).
Noun
apishamore (plural apishamores)
- A saddle blanket.
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References
- ^ Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “apishimon”, in Ojibwe People's Dictionary, University of Minnesota
- ^ Chamberlain, Alexander F. (1902 October–December) “Algonkian Words in American English: A Study in the Contact of the White Man and The Indian”, in The Journal of American Folk-Lore, volume XV, number LIX, American Folk-Lore Society, →DOI, pages 240–241