a town of Belgium, province of East Flanders, on the right bank of the Drune, and on the Ghent and Antwerp Railway, 12 miles E.N.E. of the former town. The houses are generally large and commodious, and the streets wide and regular; and altogether the town has the appearance of a "large, quiet, Flemish village." The market-place is large and handsome; and among the public buildings are,—a spacious church with tower, a town-house, prison, and hospital. Its linen fabrics are celebrated, and it has also manufactures of cotton goods, flannels, lace, leather, tobacco, &c. It also carries on an active trade in its manufactures and agricultural produce. Pop. (1851) 16,470.