Look up: Antimacassar


  1. Antimacassar
    An antimacassar (ər) is a small cloth placed over the backs or arms of chairs, or the head or cushions of a sofa, to prevent soiling of the permanent fabric. The name is attributable to macassar oil, an unguent for the hair commonly used in the early 19th century – the poet Byron called it, "thi...
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  2. antimacassar
    [n] - a piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of chair from hair oils
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=antimacassar

  3. antimacassar
    Piece of cloth protecting a seat headrest from staining by hair oil. The term is derived from Rowland's Macassar Oil, first manufactured in about 1793. ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. antimacassar
    Piece of loose material draped over an upholstered chair back to protect it from stains from the users head. The term comes from macassar oil, a common hair dressing for men in the 19thC. Victorian antimacassars were commonly oh white crochet; they were preceded in the 18thC by silk versions that gu...
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  5. Antimacassar
    An`ti·ma·cas'sar noun A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/96

  6. antimacassar
    noun a piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of chair from hair oils
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=antimacassar

  7. Antimacassar
    • (n.) A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/antimacassar/

  8. antimacassar
    protective covering thrown over the back of a chair or the head or cushions of a sofa, named after Macassar, a hair-oil in general use in the 19th ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/83

  9. Antimacassar
    Antimacassar was a former covering for chairs, sofas, couches, etc, made of open cotton or worsted work, to preserve them from being soiled, as by the oil applied to the hair.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AA1.HTM

  10. antimacassar
    1) Cloth covering
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/antimacassar/1

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