A bandage consisting of a strip of fabric impregnated with powdered plaster of Paris (or similar material), which is soaked with water and wrapped round or applied to a limb, etc., where it dries out and hardens to form a plaster cast.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Medical and Physical Journal.
Definition of plaster bandage in US English:
plaster bandage
noun
A bandage consisting of a strip of fabric impregnated with powdered plaster of Paris (or similar material), which is soaked with water and wrapped round or applied to a limb, etc., where it dries out and hardens to form a plaster cast.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Medical and Physical Journal.