Gauze

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gauze
       n 1: (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for
            bandages and dressings [syn: {gauze bandage}]
       2: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn: {netting},
           {veiling}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "gauze":
     Ace bandage, Band-Aid, London fog, London special, adhesive tape,
     application, band, bandage, bandaging, binder, brace, cast,
     cataplasm, compress, cotton, court plaster, cravat, dressing,
     drisk, drizzling mist, elastic bandage, epithem, film, fog,
     four-tailed bandage, frost smoke, haze, lint, mist, pea soup,
     pea-soup fog, peasouper, plaster, plaster cast, pledget, poultice,
     roller, roller bandage, rubber bandage, sling, smog, splint,
     sponge, stupe, tampon, tape, tent, tourniquet, triangular bandage,
     vapor