mackintosh

¹

Or mac·in·tosh

[mak-in-tosh]

noun

1. a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.

2. such cloth.

3. Chiefly British.,  any raincoat.

Mackintosh

²

[mak-in-tosh]

noun

1. Charles Rennie 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.

mackintosh

¹

/ ˈmækɪnˌtɒʃ /

noun

1. a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized cloth

2. such cloth

3. any raincoat

Mackintosh

²

/ ˈmækɪnˌtɒʃ /

noun

1. Sir Cameron ( Anthony ). born 1946, British producer of musicals and theatre owner; his productions include Cats (1981), Les Misérables (1985), Miss Saigon (1987), and My Fair Lady (2001)

2. Charles Rennie. 1868–1928, Scottish architect and artist, exponent of the Art Nouveau style; designer of the Glasgow School of Art (1896)

Other Word Forms

• mackintoshed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mackintosh¹

1830–40; after Charles Macintosh (1766–1843), its inventor

Word History and Origins

Origin of mackintosh¹

C19: named after Charles Macintosh (1760–1843), who invented it

Example Sentences

“She wore what she was told without argument, apart from a long, drab mackintosh that she loathed,” Crawford wrote in her controversial memoir, “The Little Princesses.”

From Seattle Times

She closed the stove door with a bang, and approaching, assisted in removing Edna’s dripping mackintosh.

From Literature

She was doing a fellowship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in the mid-2010s when she saw a red mackintosh from the 1960s.

From Science Magazine

As you might sense, Ireland’s own James Joyce lurks in the corners of such prose, like the mysterious man in the mackintosh of “Ulysses.”

From Washington Post

He came towards me though, he began to help me off with my mackintosh.

From Literature

Related Words

• overcoat 
• slicker 
• trench coat