- a flint glass with a high lead content, used to imitate gemstones.
Origin of strass1
1810–20; < German, named after J. Strasser, 18th-century German jeweler who invented it
- silk waste produced in making skeins.
Origin of strass2
1855–60; < French strasse < Italian straccio, noun derivative of stracciare to tear < Vulgar Latin *extractiare, derivative of Latin extractus (see extract)