raincoat
NAME: raincoat
ALTERNATIVE NAME: mackintosh
DETAILS/DESCRIPTION: A garment with a hood and long sleeves, made up of water resistant material. The material is either of rubber or plastic. Possibly multiple pockets. Famous for being yellow. Now can be many colors and or material that is not rubber, but water resistant. Rainy seasonal use. Garment is not usually made of heavy material. Possible zipper, clips, buttons, strings to buckle the garment. Garment could be long to the knees or short to the hips. Garment prevents an individual from being soaking wet, but does not prevent an individual from being damp or wet in exposed areas such as the legs and feet. Garment is often put over other articles of clothing. Nothing usually is put over the garment. The Garment takes place of an umbrella.
The raincoat was originally designed to be worn in rainy weather, now it’s worn as a topcoat in fair weather. The raincoat was introduced, in 1830, after Charles Macintosh (1766-1843) perfected the rubberized fabric, in 1823 (Calasibetta 428). In the early times the word raincoat was called the “mackintosh“ because of Charles Macintosh’s contribution (Mackintosh).
The raincoat was invented by Charles Macintosh, but he did not invent the rubber material to make the raincoat, he just perfected it.
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