Also spongio-pilene, -pyline, spongeo-piline. [f. SPONGIO- + Gr. πῖλ-ος felt + -INE.] (See quot. 1858.)
1851. Catal. Gt. Exhib., I. 263. Impermeable Spongio-pilene.
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Spongiopiline, a substitute for the ordinary poultice, made of small pieces of sponge and wool or cloth felted together, on an impermeable back.
1862. Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit., II. No. 3578, Electro conducting spongeo-piline.
1876. Harley, Royle’s Mat. Med., 250. Soft linen, or spongiopiline, may be saturated with the warm solution and worn as a poultice.
