pier glass

See also: pierglass

English

Alternative forms

• pierglass

Noun

pier glass (plural pier glasses)

1. A tall narrow mirror, usually set between two windows, above a pier table.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 246:

     To add to her misfortunes, Mr. Marechal occupied the small vista hitherto allowed to terminate in her profile, with an attitude. Sitting opposite a pier-glass has its disadvantages; however, when things come to the worst, they mend.

   • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1141:

     She rose to set her hair to rights in the pier glass while Drexel went on, though talking in a lower key, as if what he had to say might interest only Blanford.

Synonyms

• trumeau mirror

Related terms

• pier table

Translations

tall, narrow mirror

• Czech: trymó n
• Finnish: trymoo (fi)
• French: trumeau (fr) m
• German: Trumeau (de) m
• Irish: scáthán piara m
• Russian: трюмо́ (ru) n (trjumó)

Anagrams

• aspergils