emplastre

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin emplastrum.

Noun

emplastre oblique singular, m or f (oblique plural emplastres, nominative singular emplastres, nominative plural emplastre)

1. (medicine) plaster (paste applied to the skin)
   • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 196 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, line 2485:

     Il ne sevent emplastre faire

     They didn't know how to apply plaster

Descendants

• → English: emplaster
• French: emplâtre