cheval glass

See also: cheval-glass

English
A man looking at a cheval-glass

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Etymology

From French cheval (“horse, supporting frame”) (see chevalet) + glace (“mirror”).

Noun

cheval glass (plural cheval glasses)

  1. A long mirror, mounted on a swivel in a frame, allowing it to be tilted.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 609:
      Next to the cheval-glass, Kit noticed a pale dressing-gown, of all-but-insubstantial chiffon
    • 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde:
      It was a large room, […] furnished, among other things, with a cheval-glass and a business table

Synonyms
  • cheval mirror

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