DCHP-1 Online
four-pointer 
n. a famous woollen blanket first used as trading goods at the Hudson's Bay Company posts.
See also: four-point blanket
- 1946 John set about making his blankets into a sleeping robe, only to discover that, while they were sufficient in weight, they were lacking in size. They should have been "four-pointers" instead of three and a half. . . .
- 1946 John set about making his blankets into a sleeping robe, only to discover that, while they were sufficient in weight, they were lacking in size. They should have been "four-pointers" instead of three and a half. . . .