cheval glass

[ shuh-val ]

noun

1. a full-length mirror mounted so that it can be tilted in a frame.

cheval glass

/ ʃəˈvæl /

noun

1. a full-length mirror mounted so as to swivel within a frame

Word History and Origins

Origin of cheval glass¹

1830–40; < French cheval horse, supporting framework ( chevalet )

Word History and Origins

Origin of cheval glass¹

C19: from French cheval support (literally: horse)

Example Sentences

The electric light was shining full into the cheval glass as she came and stood before it, with the smile of pleasure still on her lips.

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She stood before this cheval glass to-night a thoroughly happy little person.

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Then she went to a cheval glass, which mirrored her from head to foot, and glanced at herself.

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The Phantom, viewing himself in a cheval glass, daubed a dark tint over the gray at his temples.

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She knew she had always been a beautiful woman—she was sure, when she glanced at herself in the cheval glass in her bedroom, that she had never appeared to greater advantage.

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