kite plugn. name for an obstetric dressing made with pledgets of lint or gauze affixed at intervals to a string or tape, like the pieces of paper in the tail of a kite.
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kite-tail1869
kite plug1896
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 439 For supporting the uterus and packing round the cervix several of these rolls are attached to the one string, forming the ‘kite-tail’ plug.