PLASTER CAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plaster cast mean? 

• PLASTER CAST (noun)
  The noun PLASTER CAST has 1 sense:

1. bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal

  Familiarity information: PLASTER CAST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLASTER CAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cast; plaster bandage; plaster cast

Hypernyms ("plaster cast" is a kind of...):

bandage; patch (a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body)

 Context examples 

Why any burglar should take such a thing passes my understanding, for it was only a plaster cast and of no real value whatever.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Bound down a prisoner, denied even movement by the plaster casts and bandages, White Fang lingered out the weeks.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Some little time ago he purchased from Morse Hudson two duplicate plaster casts of the famous head of Napoleon by the French sculptor, Devine.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then came the day when the last bandage and the last plaster cast were taken off.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Six plaster casts of Napoleon were drying in the passage.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It was at the shop of Morse Hudson, who has a place for the sale of pictures and statues in the Kennington Road. The assistant had left the front shop for an instant, when he heard a crash, and hurrying in he found a plaster bust of Napoleon, which stood with several other works of art upon the counter, lying shivered into fragments. He rushed out into the road, but, although several passers-by declared that they had noticed a man run out of the shop, he could neither see anyone nor could he find any means of identifying the rascal. It seemed to be one of those senseless acts of hooliganism which occur from time to time, and it was reported to the constable on the beat as such. The plaster cast was not worth more than a few shillings, and the whole affair appeared to be too childish for any particular investigation.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)