flesh wound

[ woond ]

noun

1. a wound that does not penetrate beyond the flesh; a slight or superficial wound.

flesh wound

/ wuːnd /

noun

1. a wound affecting superficial tissues

Word History and Origins

Origin of flesh wound¹

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

Perhaps after all his principal meant to take a flesh wound, and so end the matter.

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He had received a flesh-wound above the eyes, and his forehead was bandaged, but the rest of the face uncovered.

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Rodney received a light flesh wound, but most of the Americans escaped uninjured, while several of the enemy were killed.

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But one among the Rangers was hit, and that was Rodney, he receiving a slight flesh wound in the left arm.

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At that moment, an arrow whizzed through my buckskin shirt, just making a flesh wound on the shoulder.

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