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Plyglass|ˈplaɪglɑːs, -æ-| Also plyglass, ply glass, ply-glass. A proprietary name for units consisting of two or more panes of glass enclosing one or more hermetically sealed spaces, which may contain dry air or be filled with a translucent material like glass fibre. Also attrib.
[1949Trade Marks Jrnl. 2 Mar. 191/1 Plygloss [sic]... Glassware.., plate glass, sheet glass, glass rods, glass tubes.., glass wool and spun glass. Plyglass Limited,..Leyton, London,..manufacturers. ]1956Archit. Rev. CXIX. 46 Normal windows are of galvanized steel; panels between windows, of cantilevered section, are ply-glass. Ibid. CXX. 105 (caption) The panels between the first- and second-storey windows are of dark-green plyglass. 1958Engineering 28 Feb. 276/1 Dark-blue ply glass panels are used beneath the windows on the north and south elevations. 1958Specification (ed. 59) 1123/2 Uses of Plyglass diffusors are in roof lights, laylights and over-transom lights. 1960Trade Marks Jrnl. 21 Sept. 1149/1 Plyglass... Units consisting of two or more panes of glass enclosing hermetically sealed cavities and being for use in the building industry. Plyglass Limited,..Harlow, Essex; manufacturers. 1972Specification (ed. 73) II. 441/2 Plyglass thermopane insulating glass (Plyglass Ltd.) consists of two or more panes of clear glass and most types of patterned glass enclosing a layer of dehydrated and filtered air which is sealed in with Bondermetic glass to metal seal. |