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Claude glass

Syllabification: (Claude glass)
Pronunciation: /klôd, klōd/

Definition of Claude glass

noun

  • a convex dark or colored glass that reflects a small image in subdued colors, used by landscape painters to show the tonal values of a scene.

Origin:

named after the French painter Claude Lorrain

Claude glass in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Claude glass in the British & World English dictionary