Antimacassar

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antimacassar \An`ti*ma*cas"sar\
     ([a^]n`t[i^]*m[.a]*k[a^]s"s[~e]r), n.
     A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to
     prevent them from wear or from being soiled by macassar or
     other oil from the hair.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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