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

She carried one of the candles over to the cheval-glass and held it above her head, close to her face, low on either side.

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Mother would not like it, and—ah, me, she was not unwilling to see herself once in the long cheval-glass.

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He tapped with slow knuckles a long cheval-glass by the side of which was a tiny gold-bracket and a silver-plated telephone.

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She stopped at the cheval glass and arranged her hair with a series of twists that formed a turban secured by loops.

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See him seated before his dressing-glass, a mahogany-framed sliding cheval glass with brass arms on either sides for candles.

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Related Words

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