moulage
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
moulage (countable and uncountable, plural moulages)
- The art of applying mock injuries for the purpose of training medical or military personnel.
- Casting, molding.
Translations edit
art of applying mock injuries for the purpose of training medical or military personnel
Verb edit
moulage (third-person singular simple present moulages, present participle moulaging, simple past and past participle moulaged)
- To apply mock injuries for the purpose of training medical or military personnel.
- She really wants to get the point across that impalement is serious. I think she's going to moulage a few actors and have them stumble in to really scare the class.
- 1987, Gregory M. Fedorev, Marines[1], volume 16, number 12, page 28:
- 'You can describe wound symptoms, like bruising or bleeding, or you can moulage a "victim" and let the students actually see the injury.'
French edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
moulage m (plural moulages)
Further reading edit
- “moulage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.