ANTIMACASSAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antimacassar mean? 

• ANTIMACASSAR (noun)
  The noun ANTIMACASSAR has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ANTIMACASSAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTIMACASSAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of a chair from hair oils

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("antimacassar" is a kind of...):

cloth covering (a covering made of cloth)

 Context examples 

A moment later he and I were back in the front room, where the impassive lady was still quietly working away at her antimacassar.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A worked antimacassar lay upon her lap and a basket of coloured silks stood upon a stool beside her.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)