chevalet

[ shev-uh-ley, shuh-val-ey ]

noun

1. the bridge on a stringed musical instrument, as a violin.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chevalet¹

1800–10; < French: more generally, any wooden frame for holding or supporting something, equivalent to cheval horse (< Latin caballus ) + -et -et; compare parallel sense of horse

Example Sentences

Some of these ancient techniques, including the use of a chevalet de marqueterie, a tool to cut through veneer, are used in classes taught at the École Boulle in Paris and at the American School of French Marquetry in San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times

The canvas depicted a still life by Cézanne on a chevalet and surrounded by Bonnard, Denis, Redon, Roussel, Serusier, Vuillard, Mellerio, and Vollard.

From Project Gutenberg

For its metaphorical application we may compare Fr. chevalet, easel, lit. "little horse," and Eng. "clothes-horse."

From Project Gutenberg

Upon a wooden rest or chevalet the cylinder was now laid and detached from the pipe by placing a bit of cold steel against the part of the glass that still clung to the blow-pipe.

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In a recent number of the Journal des Usines � Gaz appears a note by M. Chevalet, on the chemical and physical purification of gas, which was one of the papers submitted to the Soci�t� Technique de l'Industrie du Gaz en France at the last ordinary meeting.

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