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Webster 1913 Edition


moleskin

mole′skinˊ

(mōl′skĭn)
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Noun.
1.
Any fabric having a thick soft shag, like the fur of a mole; esp., a kind of strong twilled fustian.

Definition 2024


moleskin

moleskin

English

Noun

moleskin (plural moleskins)

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

Translations

Verb

moleskin (third-person singular simple present moleskins, present participle moleskinning, simple past and past participle moleskinned)

  1. To cover with a moleskin bandage
    • 2011, William deBuys, A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest
      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...