sticking plaster

an adhesive cloth or other material for covering and closing superficial wounds, holding bandages in place, etc.

Origin of sticking plaster

First recorded in 1645–55

But the fighting grew more and more serious, till the stock of sticking-plaster could not stand it.

Perlycross |R. D. Blackmore
We have there a cantonment, and thither I went for the mere sake of the surgeon and the sticking-plaster.

Burlesques |William Makepeace Thackeray
I glanced at the memento indicated, and observed that it contained a photograph of Mr. Hines (without the sticking-plaster).

The Green Eyes of Bst |Sax Rohmer
The tube is anchored to a denture, or by means of a silk thread to the cheek by sticking-plaster.

Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. |Alexander Miles

Take this sticking-plaster and draw the lips of the wound together, and if you keep the dirt out it may heal without a scar.

Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) |John McElroy

sticking plaster

a thin cloth with an adhesive substance on one side, used for covering slight or superficial wounds Usual US term: adhesive tape