Gauze /(ga̤z)/

Gauze

n.
  1. A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.

Phrases & Compounds
Gauze dresser
one employed in stiffening gauze.

Gauze

a.
  1. Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.