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Definition of pier glass in English: pier glassnoun A large mirror, used originally to fill wall space between windows. Example sentencesExamples - The rest of the furniture included a commode, two small pairs of open china cabinets, eight fretwork armchairs, four side chairs, and a pier glass.
- The great expense of glass made the overmantel looking glass a particular object of luxury because it incorporated more glass plates than a traditional pier glass.
- Single pictures began again to usurp overmantel looking glasses and large pier glasses.
- Despite these financial impediments, the huge wealth created by England's prosperity continued to generate commissions for lavish pier glasses, girandoles, and glass chandeliers.
- Frances ‘was seated before her dressing table looking at her white face in the pier glass when she heard one scream of pure pain, quickly muffled by a heavy hand’.
Definition of pier glass in US English: pier glassnounˈpi(ə)r ˌɡlas A large mirror, used originally to fill wall space between windows. Example sentencesExamples - Frances ‘was seated before her dressing table looking at her white face in the pier glass when she heard one scream of pure pain, quickly muffled by a heavy hand’.
- Despite these financial impediments, the huge wealth created by England's prosperity continued to generate commissions for lavish pier glasses, girandoles, and glass chandeliers.
- The rest of the furniture included a commode, two small pairs of open china cabinets, eight fretwork armchairs, four side chairs, and a pier glass.
- Single pictures began again to usurp overmantel looking glasses and large pier glasses.
- The great expense of glass made the overmantel looking glass a particular object of luxury because it incorporated more glass plates than a traditional pier glass.
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