Gauze

[4][5][3][6][7][8][9] The 1279 Council of Baden banned clergy from wearing "black burnet, garzatum, and all other fine cloths",[10] and the term garças is known in Italian texts from c. 1250.

[15] However, there is no evidence for this beyond the phonetic similarity of the two words, which was enhanced by Du Cange's emendation of garzatum to gazzatum,[7][8] and no trace of a historical Gazan textile industry has been found.

Many modern medical gauzes are covered with a perforated plastic film such as Telfa or a polyblend which prevents direct contact and further minimizes wound adhesion.

Also, it can be impregnated with a thick, creamy mixture of zinc oxide and calamine to promote healing, as in Unna's boot.

Gauze used in bookbinding is called mull, and is used in case binding to adhere the text block to the book cover.

[19] The term wire gauze is used for woven metal sheets, for example placed on top of a Bunsen burner, or used in a safety lamp or a screen spark arrestor.