gauze
- any thin and often transparent fabric made from any fiber in a plain or leno weave.
- a surgical dressing of loosely woven cotton.
- any material made of an open, meshlike weave, as of wire.
- a thin haze.
Origin of gauze
Related Words for gauze
plaster, dressing, gauze, puzzlement, bewilderment, perplexity, stupor, cast, compress, trance, shock, glaze, muddle, befuddlement, haze, fog, stupefaction, maze, discombobulation, distractionExamples from the Web for gauze
Contemporary Examples of gauze
The more we try to look through the gauze, the more it all begins to look like gauze.
Using tape and gauze, he then tried to plug the holes in that leg.
Put the bandages and gauze away, and get ready to enjoy oysters for their ease rather than their challenge.
Historical Examples of gauze
Wrap in a strip of gauze or cheesecloth and place in a steamer.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Let her go as Ariel, all gauze, flesh-tints, and natural curves.
Camps, Quarters and Casual PlacesArchibald Forbes
She hailed the happy thought and invested in countless yards of gauze.
Camps, Quarters and Casual PlacesArchibald Forbes
With that idea, I took off the gauze which covered my features.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
There was further, in the wonderful box, an old remnant of gauze.
Sue, A Little HeroineL. T. Meade
gauze
- a transparent cloth of loose plain or leno weave
- (as modifier)a gauze veil
- a surgical dressing of muslin or similar material
- any thin openwork material, such as wire
- a fine mist or haze
Word Origin for gauze
Word Origin and History for gauze
1560s, gais, from French gaze, conjectured to be from Arabic gazz "raw silk" [Barnhart], or from Gaza, Palestinian city associated with production of this fabric [Klein, Du Cagne].
gauze
(gôz)- A bleached, woven cotton cloth, used for dressings, bandages, and absorbent sponges.