pier glass

American  

noun

1. a tall mirror, often full-length, intended to be set between windows.

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pier glass British  

noun

1. a tall narrow mirror, usually one of a pair or set, designed to hang on the wall between windows, usually above a pier table

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Etymology

Origin of pier glass

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

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pier glass

The place is unpretentiously furnished with family antiques, including alabaster figures of Venus & Adonis under an Early American pier glass.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is no pier glass in our house for me to practice on.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Behind my half-head, in the center of the picture, in the empty sky, a pier glass is hanging, convex and encircled by an ornate frame.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

He walked up and down before a pier glass.

From John Forster by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington

She looked at her small self in the pier glass.

From The Gorgeous Girl by Bartley, Nalbro

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