Tim Dziechowski writes >
> >> 24. British for removable side windows
> >
> > Side curtains, same as USA since the horse-and-buggy days. In the USA
> > they were sometimes called "I-zen-glass" curtains (I have no idea how to
> > spell that), which referred to the clear material. May have been a brand
> > name for some kind of clear cello stuff no longer used. This term is very
> > old and predated automobiles.
>
> Although your dictionary may tell you otherwise, isinglass referred to a form
> of sheet mica which was used in the US for window coverings in colonial times
> when glass was expensive.
There is an OLD American song called "The Surrey With the Fringe on the Top"
A surrey is a horse-drawn four-wheeler with open sides and and a flat top
made of fabric, which of course often carries decorative fringe all around
it. Part of the song is:
"And isinglass curtains that roll right down
in case there's a change in the weather"
These side curtains were rolled up and secured behind the fringe with
leather ties. I have seen safari tops on Jeeps and Land Rovers that work
the same way.
> "Let me know if this is getting too trivial"
It's getting silly. We passed trivial hours ago.
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