a sauce for salads, typically one consisting of oil and vinegar with herbs or other flavourings

vinaigrette dressing

sprinkle each salad lightly with dressing

a piece of material used to cover and protect a wound

an antiseptic dressing

size or stiffening used in the finishing of fabrics

fabrics finished with dressing will work successfully when cut an inch wide

a fertilizing substance such as compost or manure spread over or ploughed into land

a dressing of blood, fish, and bone