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)
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 196, line 2485:
      Il ne sevent emplastre faire
      They didn't know how to apply plaster

Descendants

  • → English: emplaster
  • French: emplâtre
  • Norman: empliâtre
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