lead glass
[ led ]
/ lɛd /
noun
glass containing lead oxide.
Origin of lead glass
First recorded in 1855–60
Words nearby lead glass
Example sentences from the Web for lead glass
Braun was very decently laid out in a lead-lined box, with a lead-glass window over his face.
Space Platform |Murray LeinsterLead-glass articles tend to be rather more stable than similar articles of soda-glass.
A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing |Bernard D. BolasLower bowl fragment of lead-glass Romer ornamented with gadrooning or pillar molding.
Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology |Ivor Noel HumeAs a rule, soda-glass will need more annealing than lead-glass.
A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing |Bernard D. Bolas
British Dictionary definitions for lead glass
lead glass
/ (lɛd) /
noun
glass that contains lead oxide as a flux