[gos.sa.mer] n [ME gossomer, fr. gos goose + somer summer] (14c) 1: a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather
2: something light, delicate, or insubstantial "the ~ of youth's dreams --Andrea Parke" -- gos.sa.mery adj
[2]gossamer adj (ca. 1807): extremely light, delicate, or tenuous