charpie

English

Etymology

From the feminine past participle of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French charpir (“to pluck”), carpir (“to pluck”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin carpō (“I seize”). Compare carpet.

Noun

charpie (countable and uncountable, plural charpies)

1. (medicine) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth, used for surgical dressings.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “charpie”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Etymology

From the feminine past participle of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French charpir (“to pluck”), carpir (“to pluck”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin carpō (“I seize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.pi/

Noun

charpie f (plural charpies)

1. lint
2. (figuratively) shred

   Synonym: bouillie

Further reading

• “charpie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• chipera, perchai, prêchai