bandage

bandage
1. noun
a) A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.

...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed.

b) A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.

...the president informed him that one of the conditions of his introduction was that he should be eternally ignorant of the place of meeting, and that he would allow his eyes to be bandaged, swearing that he would not endeavor to take off the bandage.

See Also: dressing, splint
2. verb
To apply a bandage to something.

...they ate...whilst they chatted, disputed and laughed. The door to the surgeons room stood open, meantime, but the cutting, sewing, splicing, and bandaging going on in there in plain view did not seem to disturb anyones appetite.


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  • bandage — [ bɑ̃daʒ ] n. m. • 1508; de bander I ♦ 1 ♦ Rare Action de bander, de fixer un pansement. 2 ♦ Cour. Bandes de tissu ainsi appliquées. Bandage simple. ⇒ 1. bande, écharpe, pansement. Bandage en T, croisé (⇒ spica) . Bandage ouaté. Bandage herniaire …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • bandage — BANDAGE. s. m. Bande, lien qui sert à bander. Faire un bandage. Délier un bandage. f♛/b] Il se prend aussi pour La façon, la manière de bander quelque chose. Un des grands secrets de l art des Chirurgièns, c est le bandage.[b]Bandage, se dit… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Bandage — Sf fester Schnür bzw. Stützverband erw. fach. (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. bandage, einer Ableitung von frz. bander verbinden , zu frz. bande Binde , das aus dem Germanischen stammt (binden). Die harten Bandagen sind die Vorläufer der… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Bandage — Band age (b[a^]nd [asl]j), n. [F. bandage, fr. bande. See {Band}.] 1. A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bandage — Bandage. s. m. Façon & maniere de bander quelque chose. Un des grands secrets de l art des Chirurgiens, c est le bandage. Il se prend encore pour les bandes mesmes qui servent à bander, & plus particulierement pour un Brayer. Bandage, Se dit… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Bandage — Band age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bandaged} (b[a^]nd [asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bandaging} (b[a^]nd [asl]*j[i^]ng).] To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bandage — 1590s, from M.Fr. bandage (16c.), from O.Fr. bander to bind, from bande a strip (see BAND (Cf. band) (1)). As a verb from 1774. Related: Bandaged; bandaging …   Etymology dictionary

  • bandage — [n] covering for wound cast, compress, dressing, gauze, plaster; concept 311 bandage [v] cover a wound bind, dress, swathe, truss, wrap; concept 310 …   New thesaurus

  • bandage — ► NOUN ▪ a strip of material used to bind up a wound or to protect an injury. ► VERB ▪ bind with a bandage. ORIGIN French, from bande band …   English terms dictionary

  • bandage — [ban′dij] n. [Fr < bande, BAND1] a strip of cloth, esp. gauze, or other dressing used to bind or cover an injured part of the body vt. bandaged, bandaging to put a bandage on (an injured part or person) …   English World dictionary

  • Bandage — (fr., spr. Bandahsch, Chir.), 1) eine für einen chirurgischen Heilzweck bestimmte u. diesem angemessen eingerichtete Binde; 2) der ganze Apparat, der zu einem chirurgischen Verbande dient, Bandagenlehre, so v.w. Verbandlehre, s. Verband,… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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