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appichimon Various spellings [< Cdn F < Algonk.] 
n. a saddle blanket, usually of buffalo-calf skin, used also as a mat for sitting or lying on.
- 1804 (1897) They could not remain seated on their epishemaunts on the floor.
- 1825 (1950) . . . he also found an appichimon belonging to one of the men. . . .
- 1876 First a sheep or goat's skin, or a piece of buffalo "robe," failing either of the former, called an "apichimo[n]," is placed on its back.
- 1918 [1919] [... we made a lodge lining of our pishimores--pieces of buffalo robe that we used for saddle blankets....]
- 1804 (1897) They could not remain seated on their epishemaunts on the floor.