stancher
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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.