Murano
See also: murano
English
Proper noun
Murano
- A series of islands on the northern edge of Venice.
- (attributive) Designating or pertaining to the glass-making industry of Murano.
- 1999, Mike Mitchell, translating Johann Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, Dedalus 2016, p. 18:
- [H]e knew that, counting from the hemp or flax seed, the paper with which they were covered took much more time and labour before it was finished than the finest and clearest Murano glass.
- 2005, Canoe Gandilhon, The Emperor's Bracelet, p. 68:
- Vivienne would have liked to see glassmakers and buy a Murano vase.
- 2009, Monica Ali, In The Kitchen:
- Fifties film posters hung above Moroccan leather floor cushions, a Murano glass light fitting over a salvage yard chair, effortlessly gathered in a pick 'n' mix assembly that mysteriously became a unified whole.
- 1999, Mike Mitchell, translating Johann Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, Dedalus 2016, p. 18:
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