Question of the Day #919

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

From The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin available at Project Gutenberg.

  上記の文で、mackintoshの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "mackintosh" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

レインコート、雨外套、防水布

Macintoshと綴ることもありますが、厳密には間違いです。
 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. chiefly British: RAINCOAT
2. a lightweight waterproof fabric originally of rubberized cotton

 

語源

英辞郎によると、

防水布の発明者Charles Macintoshの名前から。

ちなみに、Charles Macintoshと建築家・画家等のCharles Rennie Mackintoshは別人です。
 

Etymology

According to Merriam-Webster,

Charles Macintosh †1843 Scottish chemist & inventor

   

Examples

• Another mackintosh was hardly recognizable as clothing. — Sam Kean, Science | AAAS, 2 July 2021
• She discovered she had left mackintosh and umbrella at the office.
• For a sense of humor shall cover me as a mackintosh, off which the lemons, that fate casteth at me, shall roll as water.
• She found her turning the street corner, wearing a thick mackintosh that reached almost to her ankles and carrying a huge umbrella. - Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE
• The room would be twelve-and-six a night, and he signed the book, undid his mackintosh, a button for each floor. - Sillitoe, Alan THE OPEN DOOR

   

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