Meanings
plural moulages
- countableuncountableCasting, molding.
present singular third person moulages · participle present moulaging · participle past moulaged · past 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.
1 more example
'You can describe wound symptoms, like bruising or bleeding, or you can moulage a "victim" and let the students actually see the injury.'
1987, Gregory M. Fedorev, Marines, volume 16, number 12, page 28
Origin
- Frenchmoulage
- Englishmoulage
Borrowed from French moulage.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish lavastaminen
- lavastaminenart of applying mock injuries for the purpose of training medical or military personnel
German Moulage
- Moulageart of applying mock injuries for the purpose of training medical or military personnel
Japanese ムラージュ
- ムラージュ (murāju)art of applying mock injuries for the purpose of training medical or military personnel
Russian муля́ж
- муля́ж (muljáž)art of applying mock injuries for the purpose of training medical or military personnel
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moulage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moulage
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