cheval glass

Definitions

A long mirror, mounted on a swivel in a frame, allowing it to be tilted.

Equivalents

Examples

“It was a large room, […] furnished, among other things, with a cheval-glass and a business table, and looking out upon the court by three dusty windows barred with iron⟳.”

“Next, in the course of their review⟳ of the chamber, the searchers came to the cheval-glass, into whose depths they looked with an involuntary horror. […]”

“Next to the cheval-glass, Kit noticed a pale dressing-gown, of all-but-insubstantial chiffon, not draped over a chair but standing erect, […].”

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