| 词汇 | blanket mountain |
| 词源 | Blanket Mountain. In order to have a plain target for his compass, 19th-century surveyor Return J. Meigs hung a bright- hued blanket on a 4,609-foot mountain in the Great Smokies range. The mountain, at Elkmont, was soon dubbed Blanket Mountain, a name it still holds today. |
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