chevalet

American  

[shev-uh-ley, shuh-val-ey] / ˌʃɛv əˈleɪ, ʃəˈvæl eɪ /

noun

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

---

Etymology

Origin of chevalet

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

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

From Unicorns by Huneker, James

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

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

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.

From The Story of Glass by Gray, C.P.