Rayon

The expectation of a showcase wedding featuring a traditional white dress with all the expensive trimmings gained ground after World War II, prompted in part by the availability of new inexpensive fabrics like nylon and rayon — developed during the war to make parachutes — that could be used to make wedding gowns at a far lower cost than satin and silk.

Nor brick, nor marble was the wall in view, But ſhining Chriſtall, which from top to baſe Out of her womb a thouſand rayons threw, […]

The rayons of the Sunne we see, Diminish in their strength.

Here stood A cave,…unreached by rayons of the Sun.

Within a rayon of a certain number of miles.

I found myself within his rayon at Newcastle, which is one of his bases of supply.