pier glass

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pier glass

noun pier glasses · pierglass

  1. A tall narrow mirror, usually set between two windows, above a pier table. 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.

    Similar: trumeau mirror

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noun tall, narrow mirror

Françaistrumeau
DeutschTrumeau
Русскийтрюмо́ trjumó

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@misc{pier_glass_2026,
  title = {pier glass},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pier%20glass},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}