Meanings of gauze-like in English

When ready to transform, this caterpillar spins a delicate gauze-like cocoon, Fig.

A thin, gauze-like mist was spread over the distant portions of the landscape.

There hung also over the land a slight gauze-like mist, which somewhat distorted objects.

Still the sky remained obscured as before, and a gauze-like mist hung over the ocean.

Examining it, it proved to be a flimsy gauze-like wrap; it was not old, nor torn.

As the last golden ray disappeared on the horizon, a gauze-like veil of pale lilac fell over the world.

Even its foundations had naught in them more substantial than an evanescent dream of gauze-like web, frail as the spider's house upon the dew-hung grasses.

Indeed, as we afterwards discovered, usually they were wrapped in this gauze-like mist, which doubtless accounted for our not having seen them more clearly before.