[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A boat or raft used to store supplies by loggers during a river drive, and sometimes containing cooking, eating, and sleeping facilities.

- (chiefly Maine regional). Stores, provisions, or equipment for camping or lumbering.

- A storage chest or box, especially one in a canoe.

- A temporary camp, building, or other shelter set up as a place for loggers to eat, sleep, or rest during a river drive.

- (chiefly Alaska). A cabin mounted on runners which can be dragged over snow or ice.

- An extension built on to a trailer or mobile home.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in John R. Bartlett (1805–1886), ethnologist and historian. From Ojibwa waanikaan excavated hole, pit (e.g. for storage) from waanike to dig a hole (from waan- hole + -ike to make) + -n, suffix forming nouns from verbs