shredded lint used to dress wounds
• (n.) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.
Char'pie noun [ French, properly fem. past participle of Old French charpir , carpir , to pluck, from Latin carpere . Confer Carpet .] (Medicine) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.