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cheval glass

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che·val glass  (sh-vl)
n.
A long mirror mounted on swivels in a frame.
[From French cheval, support, horse; see chevalet.]
cheval glass [ʃəˈvæl]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a full-length mirror mounted so as to swivel within a frame
[from French cheval support (literally: horse)]
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Noun1.cheval glasscheval glass - a full length mirror mounted in a frame in which it can be tilted
mirror - polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
Translations
cheval glass [ʃəˈvælglɑːs] N → psique f
cheval glass
n → Standspiegel m → (zum Kippen)


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Raggles found herself sleeping in a bed of carved mahogany, with silk curtains, with a prodigious cheval glass opposite to her, and a wardrobe which would contain her, and Raggles, and all the family.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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