Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog): Illustrated, 1889 edition

by Jerome K. Jerome

antimacassars

antimacassar /ˌan(t)ēməˈkasər/ I. noun ‹chiefly historical› a piece of cloth put over the back of a chair to protect it from grease and dirt or as an ornament. – origin mid 19th cent.: from anti- + Macassar.