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Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin emplastrum.
Noun
emplastre oblique singular, m or f (oblique plural emplastres, nominative singular emplastres, nominative plural emplastre)
- (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
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