[f. Fr. cheval ‘horse,’ also ‘support’ + GLASS.] A mirror swung on a frame, and of sufficient length to reflect the whole figure.
1855. Thackeray, Newcomes, xix. The spare bedroom was endowed with … a bed as big as a general’s tent, a cheval glass, [etc.].
1860. Dickens, Uncomm. Trav., xvi. (D.). In the places of business of the great tailors, the cheval-glasses are dim and dusty for lack of being looked into.
1862. Miss Braddon, Lady Audley, viii. 57. George Talboys saw his … tall gaunt figure reflected in the cheval-glass.
