stained glass

noun

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.

Origin of stained glass

First recorded in 1785–95

Related formsstained-glass, adjective

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Examples from the Web for stained glass

The cars had plush green upholstery and stained-glass windows and were faster and cheaper than a horse-and-buggy.
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They filed out beneath the stained-glass windows depicting the patron saint of beekeepers and candle makers.
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The rich colors—like something removed from a stained-glass window—were vivid and magnetic.
Ode to Joy: Dolce, Versace and Bottega in Milan for Spring 2013|Robin Givhan|September 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Only the stone tracery-bars, for there was no stained-glass to spoil them.
Stained Glass Work|C. W. Whall

Without the brightening light of the stained-glass windows, our churches would be sad.
Rodin: The Man and his Art|Judith Cladel
I didn't feel it, any more'n I felt like a stained-glass saint in a church window.
The House of Torchy|Sewell Ford
This is found represented amongst other places, on a stained-glass window of the Cathedral of Chartres.
Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3|Various
The stained-glass windows of the sanctuary and side aisles are most attractive.
Montreal 1535-1914, Volume II (of 2)|William Henry Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for stained glass

stained glass

noun

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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stained glass

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stained glass

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