|klȯdlə|rān-, -ōd-, -lȯ|r- noun
or claude glass ˈ ̷ ̷-
Usage: usually capitalized C&L
Etymology: Claude Lorraine (earlier English spelling of Lorrain ) pseudonym of Claude Gellée died 1682 French landscape painter; from the similarity of the effects it gives to those of a picture by him
: a convex hand mirror of dark or colored glass that reflects an image of diminished size and subdued color