gauze Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
    gauze bandage.
  2. noun a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
    netting; veiling.

WordNet

Gauze noun
Etymology
F. gaze; so called because it was first introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.
Definitions
  1. A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.
Gauze adjective
Definitions
  1. Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.

Webster 1913