Night or nighttime (sp. night-time or night time) is the period of time between the sunset and the sunrise when the Sun is below the horizon. Complete darkness or astronomical night is the period of time between astronomical dusk and astronomical dawn when the sun is between 18 and 90 degrees below the horizon and the sky is totally dark.
â¢ BANDAGE (noun). The noun BANDAGE has 1 sense: 1. a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body. Familiarity information: BANDAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Word Origin & History. bandage 1590s, from M.Fr. bandage (16c.), from O.Fr. bander to bind, from bande a strip (see band (1)). Example Sentences for bandage. Before him was a gentleman who sat on a bale of hay, and he seemed to have a bandage on his foot. The initiate raised his hands slowly and untied the bandage. He poured in the iodine, and put the bandage round in the best manner possible.