gauze

Noun
Synonyms: gauze bandagenettingveiling

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressingsSynonyms: gauze bandage
  2. a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weaveSynonyms: nettingveiling
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Gauze \Gauze\ (g[add]z), n. [F. 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. [1913 Webster]

Gauze dresser, one employed in stiffening gauze. [1913 Webster]

Gauze \Gauze\, a. Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing. [1913 Webster]
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