lead glass

American  

[led] / lɛd /

noun

1. glass containing lead oxide.

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lead glass British  

/ lɛd /

noun

1. glass that contains lead oxide as a flux

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Etymology

Origin of lead glass

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

They maintained all the historic trim and all of the hand-carved millwork, which was done in Franklin, as well as the lead glass windows.

From Washington Times • Sep. 17, 2019

The technician stands a few meters away behind a lead-lined door with a lead glass window, reducing her occupational exposure.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Labor, he says, has become 9% more expensive in the past year, and "aluminum, copper, lead, glass and plastics are all up."

From Time Magazine Archive

The articles traded by them for the products of the country consisted of pottery, lead, glass beads, iron cooking-pans, and iron needles.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

Fuller details of the management of lead glass under various circumstances will be found in the subsequent descriptions of operations before the blow-pipe.

From The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students by Shenstone, W. A.