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Answer for the clue "Act of bandaging ", 10 letters:
fasciation

Word definitions for fasciation in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fasciation \Fas`ci*a"tion\, n. The act or manner of binding up; bandage; also, the condition of being fasciated.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The binding-up of a limb, ''etc.'', with bandages. 2 (context obsolete English) A bandage. 3 The process or state of being fasciated. 4 # (context botany English) abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip) becomes ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Fasciation (pronounced , from the Latin root meaning "band" or "stripe"), also known as cresting , is a relatively rare condition of abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip), which normally is concentrated around a single ...

Usage examples of fasciation.

And even Diadems themselves were but fasciations, and handsome ligatures, about the heads of Princes.