poultice

Meanings

Noun

• A soft, moist mass, usually wrapped in cloth and warmed, that is applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe it.
• A porous solid filled with solvent, used to remove stains from porous stone such as marble or granite.

Verb

• To treat with a poultice.

Related

Similar words

• cataplasm

Origin

• From an alteration of Middle English pultes, from Latin pultes, plural of puls.