DCHP-2

shaganappi ((n.)) [< Algonk.;cf. Woods Cree pishaganabii < pishagan what is flayed + abii cord] Earlier spellings are exceptionally varied for this widely used term. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  a thong of rawhide.

  See also: babiche (def. 1)  Northwest iron  

• 2 n.

  rawhide.

• 3 n.

  originally, a wild pony, a mustang; later generalized in the West as a name for any horse, often with a derogatory or contemptuous connotation.

  See also: cayuse ((n.))  shaganappi pony