hackmatack

[ hak-muh-tak ]

noun

1. tamarack ( def 1 ).
2. balsam poplar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hackmatack¹

1765–75, Americanism; earlier hackmetack woods, hakmantak dense forest or interwoven shrubbery of tamarack or other conifers; probably < Western Abenaki

Example Sentences

By its toughness I imagine it’s oak or hackmatack.”

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In the spring he had laid the keel and riveted securely to it the squared hackmatack knees.

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A small hollow, overrun with hackmatack, led up towards the spot.

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He dropped his unwieldy musket, and clambered into a blackened and branchy hackmatack, so small that he feared the rush of the bull might break it down.

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Spelling of 'hackmatack' standardised to ensure consistency with other uses Page 203.

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