a thick woollen cloth suitable for Mackinaw coats and similar heavy garments.
See also: Mackinaw coat
- 1964  By 1934 William M., a third generation Humphrey, was operating the mill and producing a large red and black check design for Mackinaw or cruiser cloth. Three grades of Canadian wool, fine, medium, and coarse, called "one-half," "three-eights" and "quarter blood" respectively, were used in its manufacture.