gauze: [16] Many terms for various types of fabric come from the name of a place they were originally associated with, from obvious derivatives such as damask from Damascus to more obscure associations like denim from N?mes in France, and gauze appears to be no exception. It was borrowed from French gaze, which is generally assumed to have been named after Gaza, a city in medieval Palestine which was closely associated with the production of gauze.
gauze (n.)
1560s, gais, from French gaze, which is of uncertain origin. It has been conjectured to be from Arabic gazz "raw silk" [Barnhart], or from Gaza, Palestinian city associated with production of this fabric [Klein, Du Cagne], but Century Dictionary calls the latter conjecture, and there has been no evidence for either.
例文
1. Strain the juice through a piece of gauze or a sieve.
ジュースをガーゼやフィルターで濾過します。
2.She lapped my finger with gauze .
彼女は包帯で私の指を包みました。
3.Anney dabbed the cut with disinfectant and taped a gauze square over it.
アニーは消毒剤で傷口を軽く塗り、次に四角いガーゼを貼り付けた。
4.The doctor bound the wound with gauze .
医師はガーゼで傷口を包帯した。
5.The girl wore a long dress of peacock-green gauze lined with white silk.