English

Noun

pierglass ‎(plural pierglasses)

1. A tall narrow mirror, usually set between two windows, above a pier table
   • Her photograph stood before the pierglass. - "The Dead", from "Dubliners" by James Joyce (1914)
   • 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. - from "All the Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy (1992)

Alternative forms

• pier glass

Related terms

• pier table