stained glass
- glass that has been colored, enameled, painted, or stained, especially by having pigments baked onto its surface or by having various metallic oxides fused into it, as used in church windows, decorative lampshades, etc.
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Origin of stained glass
First recorded in 1785–95
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Examples from the Web for stained glass
Contemporary Examples
The cars had plush green upholstery and stained-glass windows and were faster and cheaper than a horse-and-buggy.
They filed out beneath the stained-glass windows depicting the patron saint of beekeepers and candle makers.
The rich colors—like something removed from a stained-glass window—were vivid and magnetic.
Historical Examples
Could it be that they were about to repair the stained-glass panes?
The DreamEmile Zola
Give me a round of top-side and leave me out of the stained-glass window!
The House Under the SeaSir Max Pemberton
The eyebrows of the stained-glass man twitched; he twisted his moustache.
The Island PhariseesJohn Galsworthy
His eyes sought the stained-glass window he had put in to the memory of his wife.
Saint's ProgressJohn Galsworthy
Since then a large number of stained-glass windows have been introduced.
Scottish Cathedrals and AbbeysDugald Butler and Herbert Story
stained glass
- glass that has been coloured in any of various ways, as by fusing with a film of metallic oxide or burning pigment into the surface, used esp for church windows
- (as modifier)a stained-glass window
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