Definition of "charpie" []

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

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• "Prets pas prets la charrue Charest, acharnée, charcute en charpie la charpente"
• "This dressing is composed of a piece of gauze, a pad of flax charpie between layers of gauze, a gauze bandage 4-1/2 yards long, a piece of mackintosh water-proof, and two safety pins, enclosed in an air-tight cover."
• "If chopped charpie was put in his pocket instead of tobacco he knew no difference."