wannigan

English

Etymology

From Abenaki waniigan (“pit trap, container for sundries”);[1] compare klahigan (“wooden trap”). Compare Ojibwe waanikaan (“pit, excavated hole”) and English wammikin (also from Algonquian).

Noun

wannigan (plural wannigans)

  1. A box, usually made of wood, used to store food on canoe or sledding trips.

Synonyms
  • camp box, chuck box, grub box, patrol box

References
  1. 1910, Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, part 2, page 910
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