{"id":44969,"date":"2026-06-19T09:19:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T14:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=44969"},"modified":"2026-06-19T09:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T14:19:43","slug":"word-of-the-day-1125","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/06\/19\/word-of-the-day-1125\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Antimacassar<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An antimacassar is a small piece of fabric placed over the back or arms of chairs and sofas. At first glance, it may seem like a simple decorative cloth, but it actually has a very practical origin. In the past, people used hair oils that could easily stain furniture, and antimacassars were created to protect upholstery from these marks.<\/p>\n<p>The idea began in the 19th century, when a popular hair product called Macassar oil was widely used. This oil left greasy stains on furniture, especially on headrests. To solve this problem, households started placing removable cloth covers on chairs, which could be washed or replaced easily.<em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/thestylesmagazine.co.uk\/antimacassar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Styles Magazine<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I was discussing protection of my computer room chair arms from the desk with my Arts Editor when she used the word <em>antimacassar<\/em>, and I had to ask what it meant. I&#8217;m not sure the delicate lace fabric depicted at the link will be adequate, but my previous chair suffered significant damage from the desk, over maybe fifteen years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antimacassar: An antimacassar is a small piece of fabric placed over the back or arms of chairs and sofas. At first glance, it may seem like a simple decorative cloth, but it actually has a very practical origin. In the past, people used hair oils that could easily stain furniture, \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/06\/19\/word-of-the-day-1125\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44970,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44969\/revisions\/44970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}