gauze

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"This gauze is a fright now, and I've worn it only three times.

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  1. noun A thin, transparent fabric with a loose open weave, used for curtains and clothing.
  2. noun A thin, loosely woven surgical dressing, usually made of cotton.
  3. noun A thin plastic or metal woven mesh.
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  1. French gaze, possibly from Spanish gasa (from Arabic qazz, raw silk, possibly from Persian kazh).

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  1. Formerly also gawz, gawse; from French gaze, cushion-canvas, tiffany (Cot-grave), gauze, = Spanish gasa = New Greek γάζα, gauze; cf. Middle Latin gazzatum, gauze. Said to be so called from Gaza in Syria (cf. Middle Latin gazetum, wine from Gaza), but the statement arose from a mere conjecture of Du Cange, and rests on no evidence except the similarity of the words and the fact that some other fabrics are named from the places of their origin, as calico, cambric, damask, holland, muslin, etc. The word is, however, perhaps of Eastern origin: cf. Hindustani gazī, thin, coarse cotton cloth. The Hindustani gāchh, gāch, gauze, is from the English word.
 

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