Definition of "nettle-rash" [nettle-rash]

• Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions. (noun)

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• "There was another name in the village for nettle-rash."
• "Mrs. Ebury had forbidden Fanny to act because of the nettle-rash."
• "Well, in that too I showed that I was an absurd person; I ought to have calmly waited for the storm to blow over, just as one waits for the end of nettle-rash, and the same kindly-disposed persons would have opened their arms to me again, the same ladies would have smiled approvingly again at my remarks ...."