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cheval-glass|ʃəˈvɑːlglɑːs, -væl-|
[f. Fr. cheval ‘horse’, also ‘support’ + glass.]
A mirror swung on a frame, and of sufficient length to reflect the whole figure.
1836Dickens Pickw. ii. 14 The stranger surveyed himself..in a cheval glass. 1855Thackeray Newcomes xix, The spare bedroom was endowed with..a bed as big as a general's tent, a cheval glass, etc. 1860Dickens Uncomm. Trav. xvi. (D.) In the places of business of the great tailors, the cheval-glasses are dim and dusty for lack of being looked into. 1862M. E. Braddon Lady Audley viii. 57 George Talboys saw his..tall gaunt figure reflected in the cheval-glass. |