cheval-glassn.

/ʃəˈvɑːlɡlɑːs/

/ʃəˈvalɡlɑːs/

/ʃəˈvalɡlas/

Etymology: < French cheval ‘horse’, also ‘support’ + glass n.¹

A mirror swung on a frame, and of sufficient length to reflect the whole figure.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > looking-glass

looking-glass1526

Venice glass1527

tooting-glassc1560

seeing-glass1565

girdle-glassa1652

Venice looking-glass1655

considering-glass1660

peeper1673

long glass1680

table glass1688

dressing glass1697

keeking-glassa1724

toilet glass1729

long mirror1793

swing-glass1809

hand glass1832

cheval-glass1836

psyche1838

tire-glass1844

tiring-glass1844

driving mirror1907

wing mirror1925

swing mirror1930

vanity mirror1959

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 14 The stranger surveyed himself..in a cheval glass.

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xix. 176 The spare bedroom was endowed with..a bed as big as a general's tent, a cheval glass, etc.

1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 29 Sept. 590/1 In the places of business of the great tailors, the cheval-glasses are dim and dusty for lack of being looked into.

1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. viii. 138 George Talboys saw his..tall gaunt figure reflected in the cheval-glass.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

Used in combination (as in cheval-de-frise, cheval-glass), and in some French phrases, as à cheval ‘on horseback’, ‘with one foot on each side’; in military phraseology ‘in command of two roads or lines of communication’; also transferred; spec. in gambling, applied to a stake risked equally on two chances. (Formerly somewhat naturalized as chival n.)

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun]

horsec825

blonkOE

brockc1000

mareOE

stota1100

caplec1290

foala1300

rouncyc1300

scot1319

caballc1450

jade1553

chival1567

prancer1567

ball1570

pranker1591

roussin1602

wormly1606

cheval1609

sonipes1639

neigher1649

quadruped1660

keffel1699

prad1703

jig1706

hoss1815

cayuse1841

yarraman1848

quad1854

plug1860

bronco1869

gee-gee1869

quadrupedant1870

rabbit1882

gee1887

neddy1887

nanto1889

prod1891

goat1894

skin1918

bang-tail1921

horsy1923

steed-

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > stake > type of stake

double or quit(sa1586

à cheval1609

chicken stake1785

pot1823

the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > alongside [phrase] > on one side > on either side (of a border, country, etc.)

à cheval1832

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > stake > specific type

à cheval1881

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > with one foot on either side

à cheval1931

the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > [adverb] > feet

spen-footc1400

à cheval1931

1609–38 T. Heywood Rape Lucrece in Wks. (1874) V. 209 Then mount Chevall Brutus this night take you the charge of the army.

1832 C. MacFarlane Lives Banditti I. i. 22 It is so easy for the criminals to evade pursuit, by constantly keeping themselves (to use a military phrase) à cheval on the line of demarcation of the two countries, and when pursuit is hot in the one, by retreating into the other.

187. Times (O.) The Western Powers will assuredly never permit Russia to place herself à cheval between the Ottoman Empire and Persia.

1881 T. Hardy Laodicean II. iv. iv. 258 Leaving off backing numbers en plein, he laid his venture upon two columns à cheval.

1919 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 293 If we pay half the Hejaz expenses direct to Mecca, and another share direct to the Government of Syria, we seem reasonably à cheval upon all possible contingencies.

1931 Hartmann Diary 29 Aug. in P. Bauer Kanchenjunga (1955) iii. v. 150 I was able to proceed along the narrow edge à cheval.

1951 E. Coxhead One Green Bottle vi. 161 Alec..had climbed out on to the dizzy crest of the ridge... The thin part in the middle was passed by the daughter à cheval.

单词	cheval-glass
释义	cheval-glassn. /ʃəˈvɑːlɡlɑːs//ʃəˈvalɡlɑːs//ʃəˈvalɡlas/ Etymology: < French cheval ‘horse’, also ‘support’ + glass n.¹ A mirror swung on a frame, and of sufficient length to reflect the whole figure. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > looking-glass looking-glass1526 Venice glass1527 tooting-glassc1560 seeing-glass1565 girdle-glassa1652 Venice looking-glass1655 considering-glass1660 peeper1673 long glass1680 table glass1688 dressing glass1697 keeking-glassa1724 toilet glass1729 long mirror1793 swing-glass1809 hand glass1832 cheval-glass1836 psyche1838 tire-glass1844 tiring-glass1844 driving mirror1907 wing mirror1925 swing mirror1930 vanity mirror1959 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 14 The stranger surveyed himself..in a cheval glass. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xix. 176 The spare bedroom was endowed with..a bed as big as a general's tent, a cheval glass, etc. 1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 29 Sept. 590/1 In the places of business of the great tailors, the cheval-glasses are dim and dusty for lack of being looked into. 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. viii. 138 George Talboys saw his..tall gaunt figure reflected in the cheval-glass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019). > as lemmas cheval-glass Used in combination (as in cheval-de-frise, cheval-glass), and in some French phrases, as à cheval ‘on horseback’, ‘with one foot on each side’; in military phraseology ‘in command of two roads or lines of communication’; also transferred; spec. in gambling, applied to a stake risked equally on two chances. (Formerly somewhat naturalized as chival n.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] horsec825 blonkOE brockc1000 mareOE stota1100 caplec1290 foala1300 rouncyc1300 scot1319 caballc1450 jade1553 chival1567 prancer1567 ball1570 pranker1591 roussin1602 wormly1606 cheval1609 sonipes1639 neigher1649 quadruped1660 keffel1699 prad1703 jig1706 hoss1815 cayuse1841 yarraman1848 quad1854 plug1860 bronco1869 gee-gee1869 quadrupedant1870 rabbit1882 gee1887 neddy1887 nanto1889 prod1891 goat1894 skin1918 bang-tail1921 horsy1923 steed- society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > stake > type of stake double or quit(sa1586 à cheval1609 chicken stake1785 pot1823 the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > alongside [phrase] > on one side > on either side (of a border, country, etc.) à cheval1832 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > stake > specific type à cheval1881 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > with one foot on either side à cheval1931 the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > [adverb] > feet spen-footc1400 à cheval1931 1609–38 T. Heywood Rape Lucrece in Wks. (1874) V. 209 Then mount Chevall Brutus this night take you the charge of the army. 1832 C. MacFarlane Lives Banditti I. i. 22 It is so easy for the criminals to evade pursuit, by constantly keeping themselves (to use a military phrase) à cheval on the line of demarcation of the two countries, and when pursuit is hot in the one, by retreating into the other. 187. Times (O.) The Western Powers will assuredly never permit Russia to place herself à cheval between the Ottoman Empire and Persia. 1881 T. Hardy Laodicean II. iv. iv. 258 Leaving off backing numbers en plein, he laid his venture upon two columns à cheval. 1919 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 293 If we pay half the Hejaz expenses direct to Mecca, and another share direct to the Government of Syria, we seem reasonably à cheval upon all possible contingencies. 1931 Hartmann Diary 29 Aug. in P. Bauer Kanchenjunga (1955) iii. v. 150 I was able to proceed along the narrow edge à cheval. 1951 E. Coxhead One Green Bottle vi. 161 Alec..had climbed out on to the dizzy crest of the ridge... The thin part in the middle was passed by the daughter à cheval. extracted from chevaln. < n.1836 as lemmas
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cheval-glassn.

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