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Mackintosh, Charles Rennie(dictionary)

mackintosh (iou)



mackintosh noun. In sense 1 also Mackintosh. M19.
[Charles Macintosh (1766-1843), Scot. inventor.]
Orig. (also Mackintosh coat etc.), a coat, cloak, etc., made of waterproof material consisting of two or more layers of cloth stuck together with rubber. Now, a rainproof coat made of this or any other material. Cf. MACK noun2. M19.
Cloth made waterproof by a layer of rubber. L19.
mackintoshed adjective wearing or protected by a mackintosh M19.