Meanings
plural pier glasses · alternative pierglass
- A tall narrow mirror, usually set between two windows, above a pier table.
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.
1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 11411 more example
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.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 246Synonyms: trumeau mirror
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tall narrow mirror, usually set between two windows, above a pier table.
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Translations
Czech trymó
- trymótall, narrow mirror
Finnish trymoo
- trymootall, narrow mirror
French trumeau
- trumeautall, narrow mirror
German Trumeau
- Trumeautall, narrow mirror
Irish scáthán piara
- scáthán piaratall, narrow mirror
Polish tremo
- tremotall, narrow mirror
Russian трюмо́
- трюмо́ (trjumó)tall, narrow mirror
Cite this entry
pier glass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pier%20glass
“pier glass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pier%20glass. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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