cheval glass

[ shuh-val ]

/ ʃəˈvæl /

a full-length mirror mounted so that it can be tilted in a frame.

Origin of cheval glass

1830–40; < French cheval horse, supporting framework (see chevalet)

Up jumped mademoiselle for the second time, and tripped across the room to a cheval-glass.

After Dark |Wilkie Collins
Elaborate toilet-table, R., with chair; a cheval-glass so arranged as to correspond with glass on table.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV |Robert Louis Stevenson
She carried one of the candles over to the cheval-glass and held it above her head, close to her face, low on either side.

Ancestors |Gertrude Atherton
I have lit the candles, and am looking at myself in the cheval-glass.

Nancy |Rhoda Broughton

She lighted the candles beside the cheval-glass, and looked at herself in the mirror and laughed.

A Book of Ghosts |Sabine Baring-Gould

cheval glass

/ (ʃəˈvæl) /

a full-length mirror mounted so as to swivel within a frame

C19: from French cheval support (literally: horse)