moleskin

Etymology

mole + skin

noun

1. The fur of a mole.
2. A cotton twill fabric with a heavy velvety nap.
3. (by extension, in the plural) Clothing made of this fabric.
4. A padded adhesive bandage used to prevent or treat blisters.

verb

1. 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