| 单词 | cathedral glass |
| 释义 | > as lemmascathedral glass cathedral glass n. coloured glass leaded after the fashion of the stained windows of churches, used (e.g.) in the panels of the vestibule doors of houses. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > ornamental glass-work > [noun] > glass-colouring > glass-staining > stained glass > imitation cathedral glass1850 1850 Archaeol. Inst. Great Brit.: Mem. Lincoln 1848 122 Many modern windows in which stain is used, especially those composed of the yellow tinted ‘Cathedral glass’, appear at a little distance as if they were wholly yellow. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Cathedral Glass, stained or painted glass for church windows sold either in sheets or small squares. 1885 Spons' Mechanics' Own Bk. 630 ‘Roundels’ and ‘bullions’ are small discs of glass..used in fretwork with cathedral glass. 1905 H. A. Evans Highways & Byways Oxf. & Cotswolds 329 The exquisite pale green transparent glass of the windows,..displaced to make room for the vulgar abomination known as ‘cathedral glass’. 1960 P. Willmott & M. D. Young Family & Class in London Suburb i. 11 Stained ‘Cathedral’ glass..is used for the top halves of doors. < as lemmas |
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