See Also: capeline bandage(medicine)
capeline(dictionary)
bandage(medicine)
bandage(dictionary)
T-bandage(medicine)
plaster bandage(medicine)
oblique bandage(medicine)
immovable bandage(medicine)
hammock bandage(medicine)
gauntlet bandage(medicine)

Rhine (iou) and capeline bandage (medicine)


Rhine (iou)



Rhine noun1 & adjective. LME.
[German Rhein, a river of western Europe, flowing mainly through Germany.]
A. noun. = Rhine Wine below. Cf. RHENISH noun Only in LME.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Designating people connected with the River Rhine or the region bordering on it. LME.
Rhine daughter [translating German Rheintochter] = Rhine maiden below. Rhineland the region bordering the Rhine in Germany; Rhineland foot (Hist.), a measure of length used in fortifications, equivalent to two fathoms. Rhinelander (a) a native or inhabitant of the Rhineland; (b) a type of slow polka. Rhine maiden [formed as Rhine daughter above] (a) each of three water maidens in Wagner's opera Der Ring des Nibelungen; (b) a woman with the fair hair and large physique with which the Rhine maidens are usually portrayed. Rhine Wine Wine made from grapes grown in the Rhine valley.

capeline bandage (medicine)


capeline bandage


A bandage covering the head or an amputation stump like a cap.

Origin: L. Capella, a cap