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mackintoshMackintosh raincoat shop, London.
mackintosh
clothing
Also known as:raincoat
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mackintosh, waterproof outercoat or raincoat, named after a Scottish chemist,Charles Macintosh (1766–1843), who invented the waterproof material that bears his name. The fabric used for a mackintosh was made waterproof by cementing two thicknesses of it together with rubberdissolved in a coal-tar naphtha solution.
- Key People:
- Thomas Hancock
Macintosh patented his fabric in 1823. The word mackintosh has become a general term for any raincoat.
This article was most recently revised and updated byAmy Tikkanen.