Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The bridge of a stringed instrument.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The bridge of a violin, pianoforte, or other stringed instrument.
- noun In glass manufacturing, a grooved bench for holding cylinders of broad glass before they are spread out.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from diminutive of cheval, horse, from Latin caballus.]
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Examples
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Upon a wooden rest or chevalet the cylinder was now laid and detached from the pipe by placing a bit of cold steel against the part of the glass that still clung to the blow-pipe.
The Story of Glass Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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