bottle glass

glass of a deep green or amber color.

Origin of bottle glass

First recorded in 1620–30

bot·tle-glass, adjective

The depth of that hole was full twenty-five feet; the sides were as smooth as bottle-glass; dusk was turning into dark.

IT and Other Stories |Gouverneur Morris
It was guarded by a wall about eight feet high, the top of which bristled with bottle-glass.

The Lighthouse |R.M. Ballantyne
She opened a door with bottle-glass panels, real old bottle-glass worth its weight in minted silver, and shewed Phyl into a room.

The Ghost Girl |H. De Vere Stacpoole
At that moment more water came into the gutter; it streamed over the edges and washed the bit of bottle-glass away.

The Yellow Fairy Book |Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang

Before closing, we may allude to the repeated failure of permanently establishing window- and bottle-glass works in this vicinity.

Reminiscences of Glass-making |Deming Jarves

bottle glass

glass used for making bottles, consisting of a silicate of sodium, calcium, and aluminium