machicoten.
/matʃᵻˈkəʊti/, U.S. /ˌmætʃəˈkoʊdi/, Canadian English /ˌmætʃəˈkoːdi/ Canadian. Now historical.
A skirt worn, usually as an underskirt, by North American Indian women.
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1791 J. Long Voy. Indian Interpreter 100 A hut was prepared, and the girl stripped to her matcheecoaty or under petticoat.
1832 J. Richardson Wacousta ii. vi. 112 The machecoti or petticoat, which in one solid square of broad-cloth was tightly wrapped around the loins.
1866 F. B. Hough tr. P. Pouchot Mem. Late War in N. Amer. II. 187 The men sleep entirely naked; the women wear only the machicote, for sake of decency.
1866 F. B. Hough tr. P. Pouchot Mem. Late War in N. Amer. II. 188 The women wear an under petticoat called machicote, made of an ell of blue or red cloth of the quality like that of Berri or Carcassone... This arrangement resembles a courrier's frock. It is fastened around the waist by a strap. The shirt passes over and covers this.
1941 E. E. Woods tr. J. C. B. Travels in New France, 1751–1761 xxv. 142 The women..wear a skirt of deerskin..called a ‘machicôte’ [Fr. machicôté],..[which] reaches only to the knees, and often has ribbons for decoration or ornament around the bottom, as well as porcupine quills and litle bells.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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