lehr

American  

[leer, lair] / lɪər, lɛər /

Also leer

noun

1. an oven used to anneal glass.

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lehr British  

/ lɪə /

noun

1. a long tunnel-shaped oven used for annealing glass

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Etymology

Origin of lehr

First recorded in 1905–10, lehr is from the German word Lehr, Leer “model”

Example Sentences

The work of each shop when taken from the lehr is put in a box by itself and is then counted up, and the men paid according to the number of perfect objects finished.

From The Story of Glass by Gray, C.P.

It does not take so long to anneal glass in a lehr as in a kiln, and therefore in many factories only lehrs are used.

From The Story of Glass by Gray, C.P.

The entire plant—mixing, feeding, actually making the bottles, delivery to the lehr, and packing—is synchronized exactly.

From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor