stancher
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]stancher (plural stanchers)
- One who, or that which, stanches or stops a flow.
- 1893, Maturin Murray Ballou, The Story of Malta:
- a stancher of blood in case of dangerous wounds
References
[edit]- “stancher”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.