bandage - Wiktionary
2019-6-14 · A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury. 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, 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.· A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold. 1844, Alexander ...