mackintosh

¹ American  

[mak-in-tosh] / ˈmæk ɪnˌtɒʃ /

Or macintosh

noun

1. a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.

2. such cloth.

3. Chiefly British. any raincoat.

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Mackintosh ² American  

[mak-in-tosh] / ˈmæk ɪnˌtɒʃ /

noun

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

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mackintosh ¹ British  

/ ˈmækɪnˌtɒʃ /

noun

1. a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized cloth

2. such cloth

3. any raincoat

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Mackintosh ² British  

/ 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)

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Other Word Forms

• mackintoshed adjective

Etymology

Origin of mackintosh

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

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 • May 26, 2022

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 • Jul. 2, 2021

Only a few days later, John Galliano debuted what he called an “artisanal” men’s wear collection for Margiela: Electric blue vinyl pants and vampy décortiqué boots were juxtaposed against a Japonisme mackintosh coat.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2019

My novel Heartbreak has an epigraph from Ulysses: "the man in the mackintosh loves a lady who is dead".

From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2011

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

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

Related Words

• overcoat
• slicker
• trench coat