A historic trade unit used specifically for importing and selling bulk glass from the Rhine region. One way equalled sixty bunches of glass. It helped standardize large shipments of window glass and drinking vessels before standardized weights became the norm in the international glass trade.
Heard on the job
The ledger shows we received a way of Rhenish glass, but half the bunches were shattered in the hold.
Insider tip
Because Rhenish glass was often shipped in nested bunches, buying by the way was the standard method for glaziers securing bulk material for large commissions.