chamois vs gauze

chamois

noun
  • An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather. 

  • A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra. 

  • A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle. 

  • The traditional colour of chamois leather. 

verb
  • To clean with a chamois leather cloth. 

adj
  • Chamois-colored. 

gauze

noun
  • A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing. 

  • A thin fabric with a loose, open weave. 

  • Wire gauze, used as fence. 

  • A thin woven metal or plastic mesh. 

  • Mist or haze 

verb
  • To apply a dressing of gauze 

  • To mist; to become gauze-like. 

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