/ gɔːz; NAmE / noun
1.
[ U ] a type of light transparent cloth, usually made of cotton or silk
2.
[ U ] a type of thin cotton cloth used for covering and protecting wounds :
a gauze dressing
3.
[ U , C ] material made of a network of wire; a piece of this :
wire gauze
► gauzy adjective [ usually before noun ]:
a gauzy material
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: from French gaze , perhaps from Gaza , the name of a town in Palestine.