stained glass

noun

1. glass that has been colored, enameled, painted, or stained, especially by having pigments baked onto its surface or by having various metallic oxides fused into it, as used in church windows, decorative lampshades, etc.

stained glass

noun

1. 1. glass that has been coloured in any of various ways, as by fusing with a film of metallic oxide or burning pigment into the surface, used esp for church windows
   2. ( as modifier )

      a stained-glass window

Other Words From

• stained-glass adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of stained glass¹

First recorded in 1785–95