A large mirror, used originally to fill wall space between windows.
（原先置于两个窗口间墙上的）大穿衣镜，窗间镜
Example sentencesExamples
The rest of the furniture included a commode, two small pairs of open china cabinets, eight fretwork armchairs, four side chairs, and a pier glass.
The great expense of glass made the overmantel looking glass a particular object of luxury because it incorporated more glass plates than a traditional pier glass.
Single pictures began again to usurp overmantel looking glasses and large pier glasses.
Despite these financial impediments, the huge wealth created by England's prosperity continued to generate commissions for lavish pier glasses, girandoles, and glass chandeliers.
Frances ‘was seated before her dressing table looking at her white face in the pier glass when she heard one scream of pure pain, quickly muffled by a heavy hand’.
Definition of pier glass in US English:
pier glass
nounˈpi(ə)r ˌɡlas
A large mirror, used originally to fill wall space between windows.
（原先置于两个窗口间墙上的）大穿衣镜，窗间镜
Example sentencesExamples
Frances ‘was seated before her dressing table looking at her white face in the pier glass when she heard one scream of pure pain, quickly muffled by a heavy hand’.
Despite these financial impediments, the huge wealth created by England's prosperity continued to generate commissions for lavish pier glasses, girandoles, and glass chandeliers.
The rest of the furniture included a commode, two small pairs of open china cabinets, eight fretwork armchairs, four side chairs, and a pier glass.
Single pictures began again to usurp overmantel looking glasses and large pier glasses.
The great expense of glass made the overmantel looking glass a particular object of luxury because it incorporated more glass plates than a traditional pier glass.