cheval glass
a full-length mirror mounted so that it can be tilted in a frame.
Origin of cheval glass
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How to use cheval glass in a sentence
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.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonMother would not like it, and—ah, me, she was not unwilling to see herself once in the long cheval-glass.
The Red City | S. Weir MitchellHe tapped with slow knuckles a long cheval-glass by the side of which was a tiny gold-bracket and a silver-plated telephone.
Whispering Wires | Henry LeverageShe stopped at the cheval glass and arranged her hair with a series of twists that formed a turban secured by loops.
Whispering Wires | Henry LeverageSee him seated before his dressing-glass, a mahogany-framed sliding cheval glass with brass arms on either sides for candles.
English Costume | Dion Clayton Calthrop
British Dictionary definitions for cheval glass
/ (ʃəˈvæl) /
a full-length mirror mounted so as to swivel within a frame
Origin of cheval glass
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