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Definition of Sticking plaster
1. Noun. Adhesive tape used in dressing wounds.
Generic synonyms: Adhesive Tape
Specialized synonyms: Court Plaster
Definition of Sticking plaster
1. Noun. (NZ British) An adhesive bandage used in dressing wounds ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sticking Plaster
Literary usage of Sticking plaster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1889)
"sticking plaster in.—Professor Wolfler, of Graz, remarking that Otto had met with
considerable success in treating erysipelas on the plan recommended by ..."
2. The Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery edited by Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Theodore Stout Bell (1844)
"An Elegant sticking plaster.—Black silk is strained and brushed over ten or twelve
times with the following preparation:—Dissolve §ss of Benzoin in f|vi of ..."
3. Household Surgery; Or, Hints on Emergencies by John Flint South (1850)
"The Common Sticking-plaster or Strapping Is made by melting together two parts of
... Court Plaster, or Black Sticking-plaster, Is made by brushing pretty ..."
4. Mackenzie's five thousand receipts in all the useful and domestic arts by Colin MacKenzie (1853)
"When this is done, wash the parts well, and draw the edges uf the wound together
with sticking plaster. II it has been violent!) Loin tip in sever»! pieces, ..."
5. The Medical Times and Gazette (1863)
"... at once proceeded to make an incision into it by means of a long, curved,
sharp-pointed bistoury, partially surrounded with sticking-plaster. ..."
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