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cheval-glass

cheval-glass is the alternative form of cheval glass.

Meaning of cheval glass

Noun

cheval glass (plural cheval glasses)

  1. A long mirror, mounted on a swivel in a frame, allowing it to be tilted.
    • 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.1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Incident of the Letter”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 45
    Synonyms:
    cheval mirror

Forms of cheval-glass

pluralcheval-glasses

Questions about cheval-glass

What is cheval-glass the alternative form of?
Cheval-glass is the alternative form of cheval glass.

Words near cheval-glass in the dictionary

  1. cheval de frise
  2. cheval glass
  3. cheval glasses
  4. cheval mirror
  5. cheval mirrors
  6. cheval-glass
  7. cheval-glasses
  8. chevalet
  9. chevalets
  10. chevalier
  11. chevalier d'industrie

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