Meanings
nounpierglass (plural pierglasses)
plural pierglasses · alternative pier glass
- A tall narrow mirror, usually set between two windows, above a pier table
Her photograph stood before the pierglass.
1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 2311 more example
The candleflame and the image of the candleflame caught in the pierglass twisted and righted when he entered the hall and again when he shut the door.
"All the Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy (1992)
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