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View synonyms for cheval glass

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cheval glass1

1830–40; < French cheval horse, supporting framework ( chevalet )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cheval glass1

C19: from French cheval support (literally: horse)
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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.

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

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

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

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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