Mackintosh cloth

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A rubberized cloth made by coating two fabric layers with rubber dissolved in naphtha and then pressing them together. This double cloth was the first coated cloth and was developed by Charles Macintosh in Scotland in 1823 for rainwear use.
Mackintosh cloth
Accepted term: 13-May-2024