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moleskin

noun
/ˈmoʊlˌskɪn/US

Etymology

From mole + skin.

  1. derived from *sken-✻ — “to split off”
  2. derived from *skinþą✻
  3. derived from skinn — “animal hide”
  4. inherited from scinn
  5. inherited from skyn
  6. compounded as moleskin — “mole + skin”

Definitions

  1. The fur of a mole.

  2. A cotton twill fabric with a heavy velvety nap.

  3. Clothing made of this fabric.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A padded adhesive bandage used to prevent or treat blisters.

    2. To cover with a moleskin bandage.

      • Sadler has already wrapped an ace bandage around a badly sprained wrist (sustained in a fall on a desert trail), tweezered out a few cactus spines, moleskinned some blisters, and doled out all the pastillas de dolor —painkillers...

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