Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gauze \Gauze\, n. [F. gaze; so called because it was first
   introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.]
   A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk;
   also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze;
   cotton gauze.

   {Gauze dresser}, one employed in stiffening gauze.

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

Source : WordNet®

gauze
     n 1: (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for
          bandages and dressings [syn: {gauze bandage}]
     2: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn: {netting},
         {veiling}]