/
gɔːz/
n.
- a thin transparent fabric.
▸Medicine thin, loosely woven cloth used for dressing and swabs.
-
(also wire gauze)
a very fine wire mesh.
Derivative
- gauzily adv.
- gauziness n.
- gauzy adj.
(gauzier, gauziest)
.
Etymology
C16: from Fr. gaze, perh. from Gaza, the name of a town in Palestine.
