bloodstain

[ bluhd-steyn ]

noun

1. a spot or stain made by blood.

bloodstain

/ ˈblʌdˌsteɪn /

noun

1. a dark discoloration caused by blood, esp dried blood

Word History and Origins

Origin of bloodstain¹

First recorded in 1810–20; back formation from bloodstained

Example Sentences

They function sort of like a combination of Guy Pearce’s tattoos in “Memento” and the bloodstains in “Demon’s Souls,” delivering information that is sometimes useful and sometimes not.

From Washington Post

There was, it seems, no sign of the creature, and no bloodstain which would show that my bullet had found him as he passed.

From Project Gutenberg

I was made to think of this by the great bloodstain on the deck close against the cabin-door.

From Project Gutenberg

But there was a large bloodstain, black and circular, on the floor of the calculator's room.

From Project Gutenberg

Anyway, with a soft laugh, the bloodstain has been washed from the Gray Phantoms name.

From Project Gutenberg

She took her hand from her lips, but a geranium petal was left clinging there, like a bloodstain.

From Project Gutenberg