greenhouse n. the upper, windowed portion of an automobile. Editorial Note: Airplane pilots have been referring to glass cockpits or turrets as “greenhouses” since at least as early as 1941. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
greenhouse n.— «AMC Pacer: Notable for its unusual “greenhouse” style, it was designed for a rotary engine, but fitted with conventional piston power when the proposed rotary failed to meet federal emissions requirements.» —“The Rise and Fall of...
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n.— «Saturn could have been done better. I’m not talking about the engine mount or the shape of the greenhouse.» —“Roundtable Discussion Automobile Industry” Wall Street Transcript July 20, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
greenhouse n.— «Fluted chrome trims both the top of the upright grille as well as the boot plinth (trailing edge of the decklid for those who aren’t conversant in British auto lingo). More delicate brightwork surrounds the greenhouse and door...
greenhouse n.— «With cars, words and metal share territory: each brand’s vocabulary of shapes is collectively known as its design language. The beltline divides the greenhouse, or glassed-in upper body, from the portion that extends down from the...
tumblehome n.— «With cars, words and metal share territory: each brand’s vocabulary of shapes is collectively known as its design language. The beltline divides the greenhouse, or glassed-in upper body, from the portion that extends down from the...