(n.) A waterproof outer garment; -- so called from the name of the inventor.
Example Sentences:
(1) The fire at Glasgow School of Art's Charles Rennie Mackintosh building was reported at about 12.30pm.
(2) A student at the Glasgow School of Art who lost her entire portfolio in the fire that engulfed the college in May, has created a commemorative artwork using the ashes of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh building.
(3) Smoke billows into the air as a firefighter douses the fire at the Glasgow School of Art's Charles Rennie Mackintosh building.
(4) But, in a gallery a few steps away, the courage and creativity of students whose biggest moment was wrecked by the fire that rampaged through Charles Rennie Mackintosh's great building last month makes for what must be the most moving of this summer's graduate exhibitions.
(5) Other popular Mackintosh designs in his home town of Glasgow include the Lighthouse, the Willow Tearooms and House for an Art Lover in Bellahouston Park.
(6) 6.00pm BST Summary With the fire under control and fire crews beginning the long task of assessing the damage, here's a summary of today's very gloomy events: • A major fire has torn through Glasgow School of Art's famous Charles Rennie Mackintosh building , a landmark in the city and considered one of the nation's most beautiful architectural creations .
(7) It's an iron framed, stone clad building, so you might expect the shell of it to remain, but of course the whole thing about Mackintosh is all those fabulous painted timber interiors.
(8) Each layer will then be transferred to the Mackintosh museum, where items for salvage can be properly identified.
(9) Maloco gathered ashes from the Mackintosh building for her new piece, called Negotiation of Space (A Door Opening and Closing).
(10) January 31, 2013 11.26am GMT Sky are saying that Fulham's chief executive Alistair Mackintosh is locked in his office.
(11) The result was greeted last night by a cheering crowd of Gibraltarians, waving union flags, gathered in front of giant screens outside the referendum centre in John Mackintosh Hall.
(12) The Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh building before the fire.
(13) "We are all delighted to welcome René to Fulham," said the club's chief executive, Alistair Mackintosh.
(14) As for the library, Mackintosh was not famous for working in precious materials.
(15) Students and staff were in tears as the 200-strong fire crew fought to save the listed Mackintosh building, which was built in 1897.
(16) The destruction of the Mackintosh building would send out shock waves worldwide, he said.
(17) It’s the most famous art school building in Britain ... It’s also the masterpiece of [Charles Rennie] Mackintosh.” He added: “I really like the idea of using charcoal from the fire.
(18) In Barcelona, the likes of Antoni Gaudí or Domènech i Montaner were surely artists as well as builders, as were Otto Wagner in Vienna or Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow.
(19) The building was constructed over a decade from 1897 after Mackintosh, the celebrated Glasgow-born architect and designer, won a design competition.
(20) Across the three metre-high debris that is banked around the door of the library is a solitary Mackintosh chair where the famous periodicals desk used to stand.
Oilskin
Definition:
(n.) Cloth made waterproof by oil.
Example Sentences:
(1) It didn't exactly hurt – he had his oilskin trousers on – but, by the end, it was getting a little bit annoying.