antimacassar.

A cloth placed over the back or arms of a chair to protect upholstery from hair oil or other soiling.

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Words that belong together

• a lace antimacassar
• an antimacassar on a chair
• crocheted antimacassars

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The lace antimacassar slipped when he leaned back, exposing a darker patch beneath it.

Every chair carried an antimacassar, though no one in the house still used pomade.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular antimacassar; plural antimacassars. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.