Gossamer

Gossamer commonly refers to:


 * Fine spider silk used by spiderlings for ballooning or kiting
 * Gossamer (fabric), very light, sheer, gauze-like fabric

Gossamer may also refer to:

Technology

 * Gossamer Condor, the first human-powered aircraft capable of controlled and sustained flight
 * Gossamer Albatross, a human-powered aircraft built by American aeronautical engineer Dr. Paul B. MacCready's AeroVironment
 * The code name of the motherboard used in first-generation Apple G3 Macs

Music, literature and television

 * The Gossamer Years, an English title for the Japanese classical work of literature Kagerō Nikki
 * Gossamer (novel), a 2006 novel by Lois Lowry
 * Gossamer, a 1995 short story by Stephen Baxter in his collection Vacuum Diagrams and The Hard SF Renaissance anthology
 * Gossamer (Looney Tunes), a character in the Looney Tunes cartoons
 * The Gossamer Project or Gossamer Archive, a large X-Files fan fiction archive
 * "Gossamer", a song by The Smashing Pumpkins from the tour for Zeitgeist but not released on the album
 * "The Gossamer Strand", an instrumental song by Deadsoul Tribe from the album A Lullaby for the Devil
 * "Gossamer Thread", a song by David Gray from the album Foundling
 * Gossamer (album), by Passion Pit
 * Gossamer Witchcraft (album), by Blackthorn

Other uses

 * Lycaenidae, gossamer-winged butterflies
 * Euphaeidae, "gossamer-wings" (damselflies)
 * Gossamer, a golden ale produced by the Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago
 * The gossamer rings of Jupiter