see|Bandage
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English

Etymology
F. bande, band or strip

Noun
en-noun

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

#* 1883: w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island
#*: ...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed.

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

#* 1844: Alexander Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo ¹
#: ...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.

Derived terms
adhesive bandage

Translations
trans-top|medical binding
Albanian: fashë
Crimean Tatar: bint#Crimean Tatar|bint
Dutch: t-|nl|verband|n
Finnish: t+|fi|side
German: Verband m
Icelandic: t+|is|umbúðir
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Polish: bandaż m
Russian: бин� (bint) m, бандаж (bandáž) m
Spanish: venda f, vendaje m
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See also
dressing
splint

Verb
en-verb|bandag|ing

1. To apply a bandage to something.

#* 1879: Samuel Clemens (as Mark Twain), A Tramp Abroad, ²
#*: ...they ate...whilst they chatted, disputed and laughed. The door to the surgeon's room stood open, meantime, but the cutting, sewing, splicing, and bandaging going on in there in plain view did not seem to disturb anyone's appetite.

Translations

Albanian: fashim
Finnish: t+|fi|sitoa
Polish: bandażowa�
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