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chemanis [< Algonk.; cf. Ojibwa chīmān canoe, boat]

• n. a light canoe.

  • 1768-82  (1904)  [cheeman canoe.]
  • 1860  (1956)  [. . . "jimans"--so they [Ojibwa Indians] call their canoes. . . .]
  • 1955  Sometimes I go in my chemanis if the water is good.