'Gauze' definitions:

Definition of 'gauze'

(from WordNet)
noun
(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings [syn: gauze, gauze bandage]
noun
A net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn: gauze, netting, veiling]

Definition of 'Gauze'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Gauze'

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