MACKINTOSH

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 29

n. Ma2k'i2n-to2sh. From Mackintosh, the. name of the inventor. A fabric consisting of cotton or silk, made impermeable to water or air by being coated on one or both sides with India-rubber; used as a protective in antiseptic dre ing. [E.] [s. 685]