antimacassar
pronunciation
How to pronounce antimacassar in British English:
UK [æntɪmə'kæsər]
How to pronounce antimacassar in American English:
US [æntɪmə'kæsər]
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- Noun:
- a piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of chair from hair oils
Word Origin
- antimacassar
- antimacassar: [19] An antimacassar was a cloth spread over chairbacks in the 19th and early 20th centuries to protect them from greasy hair. It took its name from Macassar oil, a proprietary brand of hair oil made by Rowland and Son, allegedly from ingredients obtained from Makassar, a region of the island of Sulawesi (formerly Celebes) in Indonesia.