Gauze
Gauze (gaz) , noun
[French gaze; so called because it was first introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.]
A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.
Collocations (1)
Gauze dresser , one employed in stiffening gauze.
Gauze , adjective
Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.