safety glass

noun

1. a pane made by joining two plates or panes of glass with a layer of usually transparent plastic or artificial resin between them that retains the fragments if the glass is broken.

safety glass

noun

1. glass made by sandwiching a layer of plastic or resin between two sheets of glass so that if broken the fragments will not shatter

Word History and Origins

Origin of safety glass¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Wear goggles fitted in a fencing mask, the goggles of thick strong pebble glass or of triplex safety glass (which is lighter).

From Project Gutenberg

Three of the side windows were smashed but the windshield was intact except for a small, starred crack in the safety glass.

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Hunks of safety glass splashed out over the forward deck, but better that than my head.

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