| 单词 | armour-plate glass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarmour-plate glass 2. Originally U.S. Toughened sheet glass (in full armour-plate glass); = armour glass n. at armour n. Compounds.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.Also called armoured glass. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > toughened glass wire glass1894 armour glass1907 safety glass1912 armour plate1914 triplex1923 1914 Springfield (Mass.) Daily Republican 16 Feb. 8/4 What has become of that..armor-plate glass which was heralded only a year or so ago as a rival of steel plate in unbreakableness? 1929 Amer. Glass Rev. 27 Apr. 496 The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. announce selection of the name ‘Armor-Plate’ for the bullet-proof glass now being manufactured by the company. 1941 Archit. Rev. 89 97 The balustrade is formed of ‘armour-plate’ glass. 1991 Argus (Cape Town) 16 Apr. 7 (advt.) Constructed from superior quality aluminium and armourplate toughened Safety Glass, they are built to withstand the toughest weather. 2012 Port Pirie (S. Austral.) Recorder 14 May The [fire] truck has armour-plate glass, quarter-inch steel plating and sprinklers to protect the occupants. < as lemmas |
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