a town of Belgium, in the province of East Flanders, on the left bank of the Dendre, 20 miles S.E. of Ghent. It contains several churches and schools, a town-hall, and an hospital. There are breweries, dyeworks, bleachfields, brick-kilns, and manufactories of earthenware, leather, soap, tobacco, vinegar, thread, linen and woollen fabrics, &c. Some trade is carried on in wool, grain, cattle, and manufactured articles. Pop. 4718.