a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
[ Syn: cobweb ]
gossamer (n.)
characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; this smallest and most ethereal of birds; gossamer shading through his playing
[ Syn: ethereal ]
so thin as to transmit light; a hat with a diaphanous veil; filmy wings of a moth; gauzy clouds of dandelion down; gossamer cobwebs; sheer silk stockings; transparent chiffon; vaporous silks
[ Syn: diaphanous , filmy , gauzy , gauze-like , see-through , sheer , transparent , vaporous , vapourous , cobwebby ]