moleskin
Etymology
mole + skin
noun
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The fur of a mole. -
A cotton twill fabric with a heavy velvety nap. -
(by extension, in the plural) Clothing made of this fabric. -
A padded adhesive bandage used to prevent or treat blisters.
verb
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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... 2011, William deBuys, A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest
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