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antimacassar definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of a chair from hair oils

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: anti- + Macassar (oil) (a hairdressing) Date: 1849 a cover to protect the back or arms of furniture

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a covering put over furniture, esp. over the back of a chair, as a protection from grease in the hair or as an ornament. Etymology: ANTI- + MACASSAR

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Antimacassar An`ti*ma*cas"sar, 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Tidy.