Meanings
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noun
a supporting frame, especially a frame holding a full-length mirror that can be tilted; also short for cheval glass
She turned the cheval toward the window to see the dress in daylight.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French cheval ("horse"), which also came to denote a supporting frame by analogy with a horse or trestle. English retains it chiefly in cheval glass and the shortened noun cheval.