cheval glass

See also: cheval-glass

English

A man looking at a cheval-glass

Etymology

From French cheval (“horse, supporting frame”) (see chevalet) glace (“mirror”).

Noun

cheval glass (plural cheval glasses)

1. A long mirror, mounted on a swivel in a frame, allowing it to be tilted.
   • 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde:

     It was a large room, […] furnished, among other things, with a cheval-glass and a business table

   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 609:

     Next to the cheval-glass, Kit noticed a pale dressing-gown, of all-but-insubstantial chiffon

Alternative forms

• cheval-glass

Synonyms

• cheval mirror

Translations

Translations

• French: psyché (fr) f
• Portuguese: espelho giratório m