spun glass

American  

noun

1. blown glass in which fine threads of glass form the surface texture.

2. fiberglass.

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Etymology

Origin of spun glass

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

This delicate young woman marries a desert prince who, fearing she’ll melt in the staring sun, builds for her an underground palace made of spun glass.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2021

Yet it’s the illusion she conveys of transparency — as if she were indeed made of spun glass — that lets us perceive so clearly a blinding darkness within.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2017

A quartet of contrasting hopes and desires, “How Beautiful the Days” is as delicate and prismatic as spun glass.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2014

For all his newfangled, semi-bullet-proof vest of spun glass and nylon, Author Russ was in a war that was part French-and-Indian ambush tactics and part World War I trench fighting.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beside her are several spun glass globes, corked shut.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black